US EditionRevolutionary robot that ‘thinks’ with its legs moves faster than a Ferrari
- Dutch engineers at the AMOLF institute in Amsterdam published a study in Science about a soft robot that walks, hops, and swims without electronics or AI.
- They developed the robot using soft tubes and air flow, applying physics similar to inflatable tube dancers to achieve autonomous movement.
- The robot reaches speeds of 30 body lengths per second and shifts its gait from hopping to swimming spontaneously without centralized control.
- PhD student Alberto Comoretto explained that this robot operates at speeds vastly exceeding those of comparable pneumatic robots, which often depend on centralized systems for control.
- The researchers suggest future uses could include smart pills and space technology, showing how harnessing physics enables complex decentralized robotic behavior.
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Revolutionary robot that ‘thinks’ with its legs moves faster than a Ferrari
Dutch scientists have created one of the fastest soft robots ever.
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