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Friday, May 28, 2010

Walking and Running #Robots Mimic You and I

Robots that can run and walk just like you and I are approaching fast at Oregon State University. Look for robots milling about among us within seven years. R.C.J.


Here is what OSU says about its progress in mobile robots: Researchers at Oregon State University have made an important fundamental advance in robotics, in work that should lead toward robots that not only can walk and run effectively, but use little energy in the process. By achieving an optimal approach with robotic mechanisms, studies are moving closer to robots that could take on dangerous missions in the military, create prosthetic limbs for humans that work much better, or even help some people who use wheelchairs to gain “walking” abilities...
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