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Looking
Ahead: Key Questions & Science
•How can Sprawlita be
made more efficient?
•What
changes need to make rear leg extensors effective?
•Would
adding axial compliance to legs help?
•What
would be the cost/benefit of such changes?
•Terrain
Adaptation:
•What
changes in leg angles and thrust timing are needed?
•How
would the robot respond to rough terrain, perturbations?
•What are the effects
of adding horizontal sprawl?
•Increased
maneuverability?
•Greater
horizontal stability?
•At what
cost to speed, efficiency?
•Insight into scaling
laws:
•What do
I need to change to make a micro sprawl?