Professor Robert Full from UC Berkeley studies feet.
He studies how animals use feet to perform locomotion.
If you think you know feet… think again.
Robert Full gives a talk on TED titled: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches
Watch Robert Full’s talk on TED
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_full_on_animal_movement.html
His findings and ideas are currently being used to design new robots that can scale walls and dive through underbrush… again at Boston Dynamics:
RHex from Boston Dynamics
RiSE from Boston Dynamics
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This post was written by admin on September 4, 2008
