Perhaps also recreational roboticists should get more interested in robots whose movement mechanics are inspired by animals. Judging by how well the SmartBird is doing, birds must be a lot easier to mimick than humans.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Free as a bird
Even the most advanced humanoid robots like Asimo look pretty awkward on the move, which makes it all the more astonishing how naturally and gracefully the Festo SmartBird flies:
Perhaps also recreational roboticists should get more interested in robots whose movement mechanics are inspired by animals. Judging by how well the SmartBird is doing, birds must be a lot easier to mimick than humans.
Perhaps also recreational roboticists should get more interested in robots whose movement mechanics are inspired by animals. Judging by how well the SmartBird is doing, birds must be a lot easier to mimick than humans.
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