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Auke Ijspeert: A robot that runs and swims like a salamander
About this film
Roboticist Auke Ijspeert designs biorobots, machines modeled after real animals that are capable of handling complex terrain and would appear at home in the pages of a sci-fi novel. The process of creating these robots leads to better automata that can be used for fieldwork, service, and search and rescue. But these robots don't just mimic the natural world — they help us understand our own biology better, unlocking previously unknown secrets of the spinal cord.
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;animals;biology;biomechanics;biotech;design;engineering;future;innovation;invention;nature;neuroscience;physics;robots;technology;TEDGlobal>Geneva;2015
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