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WIRED: Acrobatic Octopus Arm Could Be Model for Flexible Robots

Though coordinating eight separate arms might seem a tricky task for an octopus brain, what’s really demanding is controlling the arms’ flexible, infinitely variable movements. Now researchers have figured out part of their secret.

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WIRED: Acrobatic Octopus Arm Could Be Model for Flexible Robots
Though coordinating eight separate arms might seem a tricky task for an octopus brain, what’s really demanding is controlling the arms’ flexible, infinitely variable movements. Now researchers have figured out part of their secret.
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