Bio-Inspired Feet Enhance Robot Mobility

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Robots can now walk through muddy and slippery terrain, thanks to moose-like feet

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Researchers at Tallinn University of Technology have developed a new class of bio-inspired feet that significantly enhance robot mobility on challenging terrains like mud and wet snow.

When stepping into and out of mud, the split hooves of the moose expand and shrink, thus increasing and reducing its contact area.

The biggest advantage comes from how the cloven hooves break the suction force as they are pulled back out of the mud.

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