Thursday, January 5, 2012

Learning from Lizards to Design Robots

Nature seems to have a lot of problems figured out that mankind doesn't.  So to continue to improve our lots in the world, scientists go back to the basics by studying animals to make our machines operate in new and better ways.


Scientists and Engineers at University of California, Berkeley, recently studied some creep, crawly creatures to learn about the value of tails.




http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/04/leaping-lizards-show-robots-the-value-of-a-tail/