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Details of TETwalker, robot mutaforma

Destined a day to cover the full of rocks extended silenti of Mars, TETwalker is a robot formed from a flexible pyramidal structure that renders able to change it shape. It is just the case to say that TETwalker is "a versatile" robot, indeed, "teatredrico", inasmuch as its name derives for the note from its geometric figure: one pyramid with three faces and one base. Every apex of the pyramid accommodates a motor small on which telescopic aces in metal finish: the motors serve in order to shorten or to lengthen every side of the pyramid, one characteristic that allows the robot to move rolling on if same. Its particular structure renders it also able to vary the own configuration as an example, assuming a less flattened shape more or.

NASA has already tested a prototype of its new one "giocattolo" hi-tech in a locality of Antarctica, a place particularly adapted in order to test of the behavior in extreme conditions and on uneven lands. The scientists are dwarf-electromechanical hour constructing a version in miniatura of TETwalker that adopts systems micro and. The aspect more interesting than this future generation of tetrahedral robots will be given from their possibility to join to form those that NASA calls "Autonomous NanoTechnology Swarm" (ANT), that is "swarms" of robot in a position to giving life to new structures: as an example, a parabolic antenna, one solar sail or one sphere.

The possibility to organize itself in more complex structures will open the able robot road to modify itself independently based on the requirements of the moment: as an example, small letters versions of TETwalker could assemble in one risen of able snake to be left over particularly on lands impervi.

A robocop Japanese it has esordito yesterday in force to the police of Fukuoka. T63 Artemis is high 1,57 meters for 100 kg of weight, is equipped of video cameras and some not lethal crews like a fluorescent gun and a spray in order to blind eventual caatti you subject, eEmette lights and sounds of alarm if it notices of some activity suspect, control that it blots them of it parked are in rule, and transmit its data via wireless to center them.

Recently, for before the time, the station of Hataka has patrolled with its connects humans distributing depliant for the prevention of the incidents. "T63 makes part of a special program face to the experimentation is indoor that outdoor of given over robots to the emergency", it has explained its sviluppatore Yasuaki Hiyama.