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The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

Robert Full · TED

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About

How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the incredible body of the cockroach to show what it can teach robotics engineers.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2014
Speaker
Robert Full
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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