A Tiltable Head Could Improve Robot Navigation of Disaster Debris
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology built a robot that can penetrate and 'swim' through granular material. In a new study, they show that varying the shape or adjusting the inclination of the robot's head affects the robot's movement in complex environments.
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