Researchers develop robot copy of gibbon

Researchers develop robot copy of gibbon

NAGOYA, Japan - A robot of a gibbon, developed by a group of researchers at Nagoya University in central Japan, hangs on to a bar in a demonstration at the university on Feb. 8. The researchers made the robot ape with the aim of using it to develop high-quality industrial robots. It is 80 centimeters tall and 150 cm wide when both of its arms are outstretched, and weighs about 10 kilograms.

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