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Title Cockroaches traverse crevices, crawl rapidly in confined spaces, and inspire a soft, legged robot
Author Kaushik Jayarama and Robert J. Full
Date 2015-12-29
Description Once inside vertically confined spaces, cockroaches still locomoted rapidly at 20 body lengths per second using an unexplored mode of locomotion—body-friction legged crawling. Cockroach exoskeletons provided inspiration for a soft, legged search-and-rescue robot that may penetrate rubble generated by tornados, earthquakes, or explosions.
Keywords locomotion exoskeleton crawling confined soft robotics cockroach
URL http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/02/04/1514591113.abstract.html?tab=author-info
Photograph 1
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