Why women wiggling in high heels could help improve prosthetic limbs and robots
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 22:30
in Mathematics & Economics
People walking normally, women tottering in high heels and ostriches strutting all exert the same forces on the ground despite very differently-shaped feet, according to new research. The finding suggests that prosthetic lower limbs and robots' legs could be made more efficient by making them less human-like and more like the prosthetics used by 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius.
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