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Rolling Robot Inspired by Caterpillar

Posted April 28, 2011 9:18 AM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

A robot that mimics one of the caterpillar's trickiest moves, escaping predators by curling into a wheel and rolling away, has been built by researchers from Tufts University. They hope this new form of locomotion will allow crawling bots to explore tricky danger zones, aid in search-and-rescue operations or even explore for hidden treasure.

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04/28/2011 10:19 PM

See M.C. Escher's "Curl-Up" and "House of Stairs" (I lost my signed copy, 20/40, of the latter in the bankruptcy of the Vorpal Gallery, owing to two weird court decisions.)

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