An international research team from Germany and China has developed a mouse robot with a flexible spine that exhibits greater agility compared to other existing four-legged robots.
This was reported by China Daily, as reported by Ukrinform.
“A flexible spine improves quadrupedal locomotion characteristics in static stability, walking speed, and cornering,” said Bing Zhenshan, one of the authors of our study. “Our research may improve the understanding of spine-based quadruped locomotion skills and highlight promising design concepts for developing more flexible robots.” said.
It was noted that the 40-centimeter robot was named “NeRmo”.
The 225-gram robot has 13 degrees of freedom, allowing it to perform a variety of flexible movements, including hip and shoulder rotation, knee and elbow flexion, spine, horizontal rotation and head tilt.
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich and Sun Yat-sen University created this robot with artificial nylon tendons.
They built a rigid frontal structure containing the electronics and a backbone equipped with four lumbar vertebrae and lateral joint ligaments in the back.
Artificial tendons in the knee and elbow joints allow the robot to move more like a mouse and turn quickly.
As Ukrinform reports, researchers from the University of Washington (USA) have created an autonomous robot that can operate on solar energy and radio waves.
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