Scientists in Europe have created a robotic salamander that uses an amphibian type central nervous system to switch from swimming to walking as it crawls onto land out of water. The “Salamandra Robotica,” built by the Biologically Inspired Robotics Group at Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a groundbreaking creation, said the scientists involved in the project. “To the best of our knowledge it is the first robot that combines the three modes of locomotion … in a single robot,” according to the BIRG Web site.
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Robot Salamander Helps Unlock Evolution Mysteries
Posted by: Fred J. Aun March 9, 2007 02:28 PMScientists in Europe have created a robotic salamander that uses an amphibian type central nervous system to switch from swimming to walking as it crawls onto land out of water. The “Salamandra Robotica,” built by the Biologically Inspired Robotics Group at Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a groundbreaking creation, said the scientists involved in the project. “To the best of our knowledge it is the first robot that combines the three modes of locomotion … in a single robot,” according to the BIRG Web site.