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Six-legged robots faster than nature-inspired gait
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoGiven "when adhesive leg structures in real Drosophila are covered, animals exhibit atypical [and faster] bipod-like leg coordination," I wondered why those insects still preferred tripod gait. The answer, from the paper's abstract: "We propose that the requirement to climb vertical terrain may drive the prevalence of the tripod gait over faster alternative gaits with minimal ground contact." http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14494 http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14494