The SILO-6 is an autonomous walking machine intended for the detection and location of antipersonnel land mines. It has also been used as a testing machine for other organizations to use in their study of walking theory. The development of this biobiot was inspired by the locomotion techniques of mammals, arthropods and insects alike. As a matter of fact, the company names the different model set-ups as “insect config” or “pseudo-mammal config”.
This robot is being developed by engineers of the Department of Automatic Control at the Industrial Automation Institute, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and their site can be viewed by clicking here.
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