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8 robots inspired by animals: A slideshow
Robots come in all shapes and sizes, thanks in no small part to the influence of Mother Nature
posted on December 15, 2011, at 6:30 AM
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As with a Transformer, there's more than meets the eye with the MorpHex robot. It's a ball. It's a bot. And it sprouts legs to skitter about like a mechanical crab. "Star Wars destroyer droids and Metroid morph balls might be beyond modern technology," says Sean Hollister at The Verge, "but their basic trappings are within reach." Here, seven more robots that steal their designs from the animal kingdom.
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