Running birds reveal secrets for legged robot design

Sci Robot. 2022 Mar 16;7(64):eabo2147. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abo2147. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

Jonas Rubenson^{1

2}, Gregory S Sawicki^{3

4

5}

¹ Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
² Integrative and Biomedical Physiology Program, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
³ School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁵ Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Abstract

Recapitulating avian locomotion opens the door for simple and economical control of legged robots without sensory feedback systems.