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?