Jitterbug: Roaches and Robots Shake It To Transition Between Movements In Tricky Terrain
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 08:40
in Biology & Nature
Animals in their natural environments effortlessly switch up their movements to hunt, escape from predators and travel with their packs every day. By chasing cockroaches through an obstacle course and studying their movements, the Johns Hopkins engineers that brought you the cockroach robot and the snake robot discovered that animals’ movement transitions corresponded to overcoming potential energy barriers and […]