This is cool in a - OMG don’t build more then one or we’re all doomed - kind of way. Insects are a logical basis for robot design. Nature kind of already worked out the kinks.
Supposedly its current incarnation is only 1/4 of the final size, but the target is a 600 pound robot that can distribute weight evenly over its eight legs to avoid damaging the skin of the spacecraft or for scurrying across solar panels.
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