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April 25, 2013

Robot inspired by sea turtles uses flippers to navigate tough terrain (video)

by Larra Morris

In a new study published in Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, a team of physicists and engineers out of Georgia Tech and Northwestern University shared progress on “FlipperBot,” a robot designed to emulate the strategies employed by young sea turtles in order to traverse both firm terrain and sand with equal ease.
via The Verge

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