New 6-Legged Robot Walks By Taming Chaos (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

January 31, 2010 | By admin In free patterns |

Whether climbing a hill or navigating tricky terrain, a new six-legged robot has got it covered using a digital circuit that mimics specialized brain cells used by insects for walking. In cockroaches, for example, repetitive movements like breathing or walking are controlled by small clusters of brain cells called central pattern generators, or CPGs.

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New 6-Legged Robot Walks By Taming Chaos (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

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