This is ART, the turtle robot that is capable of moving on land and water

A group of researchers has created a robot amphibian that can move on land and water. ART, the name with which he has been baptized, is capable of transforming his limbs into fins when he reaches the water.

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According to the Yale University blog, the A team of researchers from said house of studies was inspired by terrestrial and aquatic turtles for the creation of ART. “Terrestrial and aquatic turtles share similar bodies, with four limbs and a shell, but have distinctive limb shapes and gaits adapted to their specific environment”said the study’s principal investigator Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio.

ART, short for Amphibious Robotic Turtle, works in an interesting way.

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Its extremities can adapt to the environment in which it finds itself, thanks to the fact that they use “materials of variable stiffness and artificial muscles to transform their shape when passing from one environment to another”. When ART shows his legs, he can walk on land, while when he touches the water they transform into fins.

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What is the purpose of the amphibious robot?

Kramer-Bottiglio pointed out that ART was created for different purposes.

Some of them are the monitoring of ecosystems along the coasts, supporting divers and ocean agriculture. Also, ART will help “Researchers to study the physics of locomotion in the complex surf zone, where waves, currents and turbidity make it particularly difficult for robotic devices to navigate, and other environmental transition zones.”

Source: Elcomercio

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