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This mouse is able to move with ease<\/p>\n

Zhenshan Bing\/Technical University of Munich, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

A mouse-like robot with an articulated spine is faster, more agile and defter at balancing than rigid competitors, but the added cost and complexity means such devices will only be suitable for some applications.<\/p>\n

Zhenshan Bing<\/a> at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and his colleagues created their robot using a 3D printer. Its flexible spine has eight joints controlled by servos, and the whole machine is about 40 centimetres long and weighs 225 grams.<\/p>\n

The team put the robot through a variety of tests with its spine rigidly locked, and then again while allowed to use its full range of movement. A balance test that involved lifting each leg in turn tipped the robot over with a rigid spine, but in the flexible test, it was able to change its centre of gravity by bowing its spine and remain upright. The researchers also found that the robot could walk up to 17 per cent faster and turn corners up to 30 per cent more swiftly when the spine was allowed to curve.<\/p>\n

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