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Published online 9 February 2009 |
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| doi:10.1038/news.2009.84
Corrected online: 10 February 2009
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Robot copes with shifting sands
Moving over challenging terrain requires a change of gait.
Walking over loose sand is hard work, even for robots. But a team of US researchers has shown that an insect-like robot can make quicker progress in sand by using a different gait from that used on hard ground1.
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