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Scientists have studied the gait of three-legged dogs, in a bid to develop robot-building strategies.
The researchers wanted to find out how the dogs compensated for the loss of a limb. They hope ultimately to develop walking robots that could compensate similarly.
The scientists filmed the dogs from several angles with high speed cameras as they ran on treadmills. All of the participating dogs had already lost either a hind-limb or a fore-limb through accident or injury.
The research was presented at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.
Footage courtesy of Martin Gross, University of Jena.
The researchers wanted to find out how the dogs compensated for the loss of a limb. They hope ultimately to develop walking robots that could compensate similarly.
The scientists filmed the dogs from several angles with high speed cameras as they ran on treadmills. All of the participating dogs had already lost either a hind-limb or a fore-limb through accident or injury.
The research was presented at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.
Footage courtesy of Martin Gross, University of Jena.
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