M-Tran -- A Real Transformer (video)

clipped from www.gearfuse.com M-Tran From Japan Is A Real Transformer Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have developed a modular robot, called M-Tran, which changes its shape depending on the situation it is in. The robot is compiled of a number of different modules which each contain different sensors and uses depending on the situation. clipped from unit.aist.go.jp (2) 4-Legged Walking After evolution by GA (5) Double-thread Caterpillar motion (H-shape) (11) 4-Leg walk -> H-shape -> Single-thread Caterpillar clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from www.dailymotion.com

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