And Finally... Robots 'learn' from three-legged dogs
Scientists are studying the gait of dogs who've lost a leg to see how they compensate for it, with the aim of programming robots to respond the same way.
The group, led by Martin Gross from the University of Jena in Germany, has been filming a variety of amputee animals from numerous angles while they run on a treadmill at a range of speeds, then feeding the data into computers to produce wireframe models.
These models then form the basis from which robotic engineers can tell their quadruped mechanical creations how to behave should they suddenly become tripods.
The group presented their research to the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology in Prague, Czech Republic.
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