Even simple insects can generate quite different movement patterns with their six legs. The animal uses different gaits depending on whether it crawls uphill or downhill, slowly or quick. Scientists have now developed a walking robot, which can flexibly and autonomously switch between different gaits. The success of their solution lies in its simplicity: a small and simple network with just a few connections can create very diverse movement patterns. To this end, the robot uses a mechanism for "chaos control."... [read the full article]
söndag 21 februari 2010
Walking robot switches gaits autonomously and flexibly
Even simple insects can generate quite different movement patterns with their six legs. The animal uses different gaits depending on whether it crawls uphill or downhill, slowly or quick. Scientists have now developed a walking robot, which can flexibly and autonomously switch between different gaits. The success of their solution lies in its simplicity: a small and simple network with just a few connections can create very diverse movement patterns. To this end, the robot uses a mechanism for "chaos control."... [read the full article]
