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April 26, 2013

Meet Flipperbot, the Amphibious Robot

Flipperbot, the robot in the video below, was designed to test how sea turtles and other real-life organisms move outside the water.

Flipperbot, the robot in the video below, was designed to test how sea turtles and other real-life organisms move outside the water. Flipperbot walks and crawls on complex surfaces to give researchers a better understanding of how a baby sea turtle can navigate tracks of beach sand. As it turns out, it’s all in the wrist.

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