A hatchling loggerhead sea turtle makes its way toward the ocean on Jekyll Island, Ga. Researchers studied the baby turtles to learn more about how they move on granular surfaces such as sand. (Photo: Nicole Mazouchova)

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Research Horizons

Categories

Physics and Physical Sciences, Robotics

Keywords

bio-inspired, flipper, FlipperBot, robot, sea turtle

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• Created By: John Toon
• Workflow Status: Published
• Created On: Dec 3, 2015 - 5:00pm
• Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:47pm