View of the experimental robot and coupling schemes for its gaits. (IMAGE)

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View of the experimental robot and coupling schemes for its gaits.

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Researchers in Japan and Italy are embracing chaos and nonlinear physics to create insectlike gaits for tiny robots -- complete with a locomotion controller to provide a brain-machine interface. View of their experimental robot and coupling schemes for its gaits.

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Ludovico Minati

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