Robot climbs walls
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 04:14
in Biology & Nature
Wielding two claws, a motor and a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum, a small robot named ROCR ('rocker') scrambles up a carpeted, 8-foot wall in just over 15 seconds - the first such robot designed to climb efficiently and move like human rock climbers or apes swinging through trees...
