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Nature 445, 250-253 (18 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445250a; Published online 17 January 2007
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Biological robotics: Working out the bugs
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- Alison Abbott is Nature's senior European correspondent.
Abstract
Programming a robot to think like an insect is tough, finds Alison Abbott, but it could help breed machines as manoeuvrable as flies.
Tarry II looks like a robot, sounds like a robot, and walks like an insect. He sprouts a tangle of wires, and the mechanical joints on his six legs emit a metallic creak with every step.
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