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February 22, 2013

Watch this “sprawl-tuned” insect bot skitter all over the place

by Larra Morris

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This little guy just showed up on UC Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab YouTube channel. It’s called STAR, for Sprawl-Tuned Autonomous Robot, a six legged skittery thing just 12 cm in size that can adapt its limbs and its gait to zip over and under obstacles.
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