This robot is built like Legos and can do most ground missions

Orvelin Valle
Nov 1, 2018 8:30 PM PDT
1 minute read
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SUMMARY

The engineers at the Carnegie Mellon University developed a robot prototype that could theoretically perform many, if not all, ground missions. “By creating a system that can be readily reconfigured and that also is easy to program, we …

The engineers at the Carnegie Mellon University developed a robot prototype that could theoretically perform many, if not all, ground missions.


"By creating a system that can be readily reconfigured and that also is easy to program, we believe we can build robots that are not only robust and flexible, but also inexpensive," said Howie Choset, the inventor of this robotic system in a Carnegie Mellon University news article. "Modularity has the potential to rapidly accelerate the development of traditional industrial robots, as well as all kinds of new robots."

Watch how the robot is assembled like Legos to create a snake, a walking six-legged machine, and other wild things:

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