/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/i-whip-my-tail-back-and-forth-taylroach-bot-turns-on-a-dimeIf you need to make a robot perform a certain task, all you have to do is look to the natural world. Most likely, it has already made something similar, then your task is only to replicate. That’s the name of the game for students working at UC Berkeen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/i-whip-my-tail-back-and-forth-taylroach-bot-turns-on-a-dimeTue, 29 Jan 2013 22:11:58 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a22b592a-e263-40ce-a019-c52338742604DAB0<p>There are a lot of examples in nature showing the advantage of this approach with light vehicles/animals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I suspect that this quick motion change is the reason that so many animals developed long tails.&nbsp; It would allow them to quickly change their angular momentum and still maintain pursuit speed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>An interesting idea for small robots.&nbsp; I look forward to seeing where they take this idea.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=14934&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">