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In the past few years, we have covered plenty of nature inspired robots here. The RobOstrich Manipulator is modeled after the anatomy and movement of an

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Did they use 17 servos to make this?

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My guess is no - they indicate 17 vertebrae, but they’re all connected by wires. As such the total number of actuators is a lot power. They’re aiming for fluidity of motion.