GoQBot: Caterpillar Robot from Tufts University Research Team



    Few people like caterpillars, but their plasticity can only be envied. Caterpillars of some types of butterflies are able to avoid danger at an enviable speed - and scientists at Tufts University decided to create a device that could use the principles of movement of a living creature. Generally speaking, recently, developers have issued quite a few active robot models, for which living creatures served as prototypes. These are cybernetic gulls, and snake robots and other representatives of the “zoo”.

    Developers from Tufts University spent quite a bit of time studying the movement of live caterpillars, and created a fairly realistic model. Something like a cybernetic caterpillar that can move very fast. This device is called GoQBot, and it can move very quickly, folding into a ring, and bounce into the air.

    GoQBot is coated with silicone, and special rings are built into the body of the "caterpillar", a kind of artificial muscle. GoQBot's maximum rpm is 300 rpm. It is worth noting that the work of scientists was sponsored by the notorious DARPA agency, whose representatives do not lose hope of getting new intelligence robots.

    On the sides of the device there are special infrared sensors that allow the device to navigate in space, plus it all looks good. Below you can find a video that shows how this device works. Sorry, the video is short.


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