Thursday 30 May 2019

Sloth-inspired robot saves power by taking things slow

Gennaro Notomista works on the SlothBot

Because sloths move very slowly – when they move at all – they burn relatively few calories, thus requiring little food. Scientists have now applied that principle to a sluggish but energy-efficient robot, known appropriately enough as the SlothBot. One of its primary uses could be environmental monitoring.

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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2XeAOZb

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