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New walking robot 'HECTOR' developed at the Bielefeld CITEC Center of Excellence

Bielefeld University - Even the latest walking robot is (still) unable to move as elegantly as any animal. How do animals manage to do this? Biologists and engineers at the Bielefeld Center of Excellence 'Cognitive Interaction Technology' (CITEC) are working together to unravel this secret of nature. They have developed the hexapod walking robot 'HECTOR' for this purpose.