The robotic salamander looks like the first creature that probably moved from the ocean to land. Well, a team of European researchers have created a salamander-like robot using its spinal cord model.
The robot salamander is about a yard long and is made of nine dazzling yellow plastic divisions with each boasting a battery and microcontroller. This four-legged robot throws some light on the evolution of vertebrate locomotion. It is also a vibrant manifestation that robots can be used to examine and authenticate biological concepts.
The robot salamander is able to walk on the floors as well as swim. EPFL professor Auke Ijspeert hopes the new robot to be used as a useful tool for neurobiology. This research may eventually present a technique to have improved understanding of the more complicated circuits in the human spinal cord.
Via: Physorg
