Episode 8 Season 7: The Perfect 13-Degree Angle, One Foot Jumps, and Pet Power
Send us a text This week on The Science Pawdcast: • MIT researchers identified a 13-degree threshold in pedestrian movement patterns, below which people naturally form orderly lanes • Angular spread exceeding 13 degrees creates chaotic, inefficient pedestrian flow in public spaces • UC Berkeley engineers developed SALTO, a one-legged jumping robot inspired by squirrel biomechanics • SALTO can land on narrow perches by mimicking how squirrels absorb 86% of landing energy with their front leg...