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Arthrobots & Spiders: Why 6 Legs are Better Than 4

June 5, 2017

In a recent paper from Soft Robotics, a team of scientists including Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor George M. Whitesides and Alex Nemiroski presented a class of robots called "arthrobots." Why "arthrobots"? These soft robots mimic the musculoskeletal system of arthropods (spiders and insects, for example) and use pneumatic joints in their many-limbed prototypes.... Read more about Arthrobots & Spiders: Why 6 Legs are Better Than 4

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