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A Cockroach-like Robot Leads a New Research Effort |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / AT THE EDGE |
| Author: United Press International staff writer |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2005 |
| Size: 907 Words, 6,050 Characters |
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A cockroach-like robot named RHex is the starting point for a major project to understand animals' most distinguishing trait--how they move without falling over.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced in September a $5 million, five-year grant to the University of California at Berkeley that will fund an all-star team of biologists, engineers, and mathematicians from universities across the country to try to understand the mechanical and neurological basis of locomotion. The grant is one of six totaling nearly $30 million through the NSF's Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR) program, which supports integrative research that addresses major questions in the biological sciences.
"The hallmark of life is movement," sai...
. . .
...rams in biology at NSF," said Mary Clutter, head of NSF's Biological Sciences directorate. "By undertaking highly innovative and broadly integrative approaches to research in biology, FIBR projects tackle grand challenges and promote the training of a new and fearless generation of scientists willing and able to bridge conventional disciplinary boundaries."
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