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\nTED: A robot that runs and swims like a salamander | Auke Ijspeert\n

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\nRoboticist Auke Ijspeert designs biorobots, machines modeled after real animals that are capable of handling complex terrain and would appear at home in the pages of a sci-fi novel. The process of creating these robots leads to better...\nRoboticist Auke Ijspeert designs biorobots, machines modeled after real animals that are capable of handling complex terrain and would appear at home in the pages of a sci-fi novel. The process of creating these robots leads to better automata that can be used for fieldwork, service, and search and rescue. But these robots don't just mimic the natural world -- they help us understand our own biology better, unlocking previously unknown secrets of the spinal cord.\n
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2016
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nature, design, biomechanics, engineering, animals, robots, innovation, robotics, swimming, mechanics, walking
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biology, future, invention, biotech, physics, neuroscience, scientific tool, spinal cord, descending modulation, motor cortex, big part, low level, real animal, neuronal oscillators, upper part, small perturbation, animal locomotion, simplify locomotion, human locomotion, big goal, bio robotics, swimming gate, cat limbs, salamander locomotion, make robots, locomotion, gait, salamander, brain
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