32-Legged Spherical Robot Moves Like an Amoeba

Making a one-legged robot that moves is very hard. Two-legged robots are a little bit more straightforward in some ways, and four-legged robots are statically stable much of the time. You can see where this is going--there's a general trend toward more legs being more stable and potentially easier to control, especially as terrain complexity increases. So what happens if you take that logic to an extreme? We invite you to look at our various contributors @AthisNews - check at the end of our article to discover and follow them on their social networks.