Researcher Daan Hobbelen of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands will receive his Ph.D. this week for the development of the Flame walking robot. Traditionally, robots have walked in an unnatural, stiff and awkward manner. The Flame, according to a write-up on the TU Delft university website, comes much closer to replicating the "falling forward in a controlled fashion" and "energy-efficient movement" of humans.
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