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Ant Robot (The)

Using Nature as a model for better robots? A team of bioroboticists in the South of France have created, for the first time, an autonomous six-legged robot able to—without using GPS—find its way back to its nest using navigation skills inspired by Cataglyphis, the desert ant.

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00:06:16

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HD

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Color

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Sound

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French
English

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HD

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Nicolas BAKER

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