Comments on: Meet the First Robot That Can Walk on Sand (and Maybe Sandy Planets) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Forrest http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-48289 Forrest Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:57:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/#comment-48289 . .

]]> By: sophia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-20236 sophia Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:23:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/#comment-20236 wat the hek is this wat the hek is this

]]> By: Steve W http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-18270 Steve W Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:34:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/#comment-18270 Really interesting -- once again a close study of a phenomenon reveals a complex interaction of parts, subject to great changes given the slightest adjustment. Edgar Rice Burroughs was right about Martian fauna -- lots of legs! Really interesting — once again a close study of a phenomenon reveals a complex interaction of parts, subject to great changes given the slightest adjustment.

Edgar Rice Burroughs was right about Martian fauna — lots of legs!

]]> By: ME http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-18254 ME Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:40:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/10/meet-the-first-robot-that-can-walk-on-sand-and-maybe-sandy-planets/#comment-18254 this looks really good, but couldn't a confident walking bot that raises its legs high in the air be a safer bet. Also, such a robot wouldn't have the same weight constraints as the SandBot (or crabs). For such a bot, it actually helps to be heavier as long as its legs are long and it has good dynamic stability. But this kind of stability is clearly possible, as the work of boston dynamics has shown us. this looks really good, but couldn’t a confident walking bot that raises its legs high in the air be a safer bet. Also, such a robot wouldn’t have the same weight constraints as the SandBot (or crabs). For such a bot, it actually helps to be heavier as long as its legs are long and it has good dynamic stability. But this kind of stability is clearly possible, as the work of boston dynamics has shown us.

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