Insect-computer hybrid robot achieves a walking gait rarely seen in nature by replacing the anisotropic natural leg spines with isotropic artificial leg spines

• Main Authors: Cao, Feng, Sato, Hirotaka
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Biological Control Systems; Biological Motor Systems
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150813
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper demonstrates that our developed beetle–computer hybrid legged robot achieves backward walk, which is impossible by intact beetles themselves in nature. Judging from the curvature of the natural leg spine, we hypothesized that the natural spine has an anisotropic function: the natural spin...