(A) Bioinspiration from pinnipeds (i.e., seals, sea lions, and walruses) that use fore flippers and body (or hind flipper) for terrestrial locomotion. (B) Pinniped robot in an unactuated pose. Credit: arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2304.06945
Recent progress in robotics has brought us startlingly lifelike replicas of humans and animals.
An $8 million Russian robot named Alex capable of 600 human facial expressions and speech has been called the most realistic robot in the world. Sparky, the creation of Chinese startup Hengbot, is the first robotic dog with musculoskeletal limbs; it can run, jump and do natural-looking dog tricks. And Scorpio Hexapod, from Belgium’s …
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