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For moonwalking robots, jumping is better

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
December 18, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 21:09
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Atsuo Takanishi from Waseda University in Tokyo says that walking on the moon is harder than running due to the low gravity - and for robots even worse.   

His work simulates robotic movement in low gravity and he has determined the solution to keeping robots like the WABIAN-2R bipedal robot moving may be jumping with 'feet' together rather than leaping from foot to foot.

New Scientist has the story.

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