Robots of the Future Might Walk Like Emus

The key to building a more energy-efficient robot? Avian-inspired legs.

By Luke Taylor
Mar 18, 2022 5:55 PMApr 27, 2022 4:01 PM
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DLG MPI-IS and UC Irvine

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The key to creating the next generation of robots may not lie in cutting-edge algorithms, materials or motors, but in the mechanics of large, flightless birds.

Alexander Badri-Spröwitz and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed a more efficient system that enables robots to walk by mimicking the series of tendons and muscles in the legs of an emu.

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