Throwable Robot Ball Unfolds Legs to Walk

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 5 months ago

Anyone who has much in the way of experience with robots is painfully aware of their fragility. Robots like Flyability's Gimball deal with this through the creative use of roll cages, which have a useful side effect of allowing the robot to dynamically navigate through direct surface contact.

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