Meet Cassie, the crouching 'ostrich' robot that could soon be delivering your packages

• Has Three degrees of freedom in her hips and ankles flexible, optimized
• Only knees bend backwards, let her Crouch and easily standing
• Using a single lithium-ion battery for power to make it more agile

Robot manufacturers have turned to nature for their latest creation -a two-legged machine that works like an ostrich.

Called Cassie, the bipedal robot has a design unique leg that looks like to of big bird, allowing it to easily standing and squatting without falling.

The machine will be a development platform, researchers predict its design used to develop robots that provide packages or help in search and rescue missions.

Although the robot does mimic the legs of an ostrich, it wasn't the look the team was shooting for. But they were looking for the same agility, efficiency, and stability as the large, long-legged bird has

Design of Cassie allows the bipedal machine rest, guide and "take a pretty good fall without breaking.

And it's half the weight and much more powerful than the previous robots developed at OSU.

"Our previous robot, Atria, had motors that would work against the other two, which was not effective," Hurst said.



The team say they were looking for the same agility, efficiency, and stability as the large, long-legged bird has

'With Cassie, we've fixed this problem and added steering, feet, and a sealed system, so it will work outdoors in the rain and snow as we continue with our controller testing.'

Design of Cassie allows the bipedal machine to the stand, guide and' take a pretty good without breaking fall. And it's half the weight and much more powerful than the previous robots developed at OSU

Robot makers have turned to nature for their latest creation – a two-legged machine that walks like an ostrich. Called Cassie, the bipedal robot has a unique leg design that looks similar to the large bird, allowing it to crouch down and easily stand upright

And they designed a single lithium-ion battery that Cassie can carryon his travels - the team has built many components of the robot themselves.

"There are a lot of robots out there that will take in a single step andput in one step in front of the other, but they take a huge amount of energy to do it," explained Hurts.

"A small mind, these just robots will fall."