{"version":1,"tree":{"n":"html","c":[{"n":"head","x":"\n ","l":"\n ","c":[{"n":"title","x":"Desconocido","l":"\n \n "},{"n":"link","l":"\n","a":[["rel","stylesheet"],["type","text/css"],["href","../../stylesheet.css"]]},{"n":"link","l":"\n","a":[["rel","stylesheet"],["type","text/css"],["href","../../page_styles.css"]]}]},{"n":"body","a":[["class","calibre"]],"c":[{"n":"div","x":"| ","a":[["class","calibre_navbar"]],"c":[{"n":"a","x":"Siguiente","l":" | ","a":[["href","javascript:void(0)"],["rel","articlenextlink"],["data-xQvX3JSyyUS4yAvbblzwf5","{\"name\": \"feed_14/article_3/index_u85.html\", \"frag\": \"\"}"]]},{"n":"a","x":"Menú de sección","l":" | ","a":[["href","javascript:void(0)"],["data-xQvX3JSyyUS4yAvbblzwf5","{\"name\": \"feed_14/index_u31.html\", \"frag\": \"article_2\"}"]]},{"n":"a","x":"Menú principal","l":" | ","a":[["href","javascript:void(0)"],["data-xQvX3JSyyUS4yAvbblzwf5","{\"name\": \"index_u63.html\", \"frag\": \"feed_14\"}"]]},{"n":"a","x":"Anterior","l":" | ","a":[["href","javascript:void(0)"],["rel","articleprevlink"],["data-xQvX3JSyyUS4yAvbblzwf5","{\"name\": \"feed_14/article_1/index_u34.html\", \"frag\": \"\"}"]]},{"n":"hr","l":"\n","a":[["class","calibre6"]]}]},{"n":"div","a":[["class","calibre-nuked-tag-article"]],"c":[{"n":"div","x":"Dog and pony show","a":[["class","calibre8"]]},{"n":"h1","x":"Companies have plans to build robotic horses","a":[["class","calibre9"]]},{"n":"div","x":"One diminutive design is aimed at children","a":[["class","calibre19"]]},{"n":"p","x":"may. 08, 2025 01:49 ","a":[["class","calibre10"]]},{"n":"div","a":[["class","calibre-nuked-tag-article"]],"c":[{"n":"img","a":[["src","images/img1_u66.jpg"],["title","Kawasaki’s off-road personal mobility vehicle Corleo. "],["class","calibre3"],["data-calibre-src","feed_14/article_2/images/img1_u66.jpg"]]}]},{"n":"div","x":"You can lead a bot through water","a":[["class","calibre11"]]},{"n":"p","a":[["class","calibre12"]],"c":[{"n":"span","x":"I","a":[["data-caps","initial"],["class","calibre13"]]},{"n":"span","x":"N A BREAK","l":" from tradition, Kawasaki, a Japanese motorcycle maker, has announced plans to build a new breed of off-road machine shaped like a robotic horse. Corleo, as the machine is called, has a body like a headless steed, complete with four multi-jointed legs powered by electric motors. A pair of handlebars serves as reins and adjustable leg supports, of the kind found on motorbikes, pass for stirrups. Corleo will also not require a farrier: instead of being shod with steel horseshoes, its hooves are clad in rubber. This will help it absorb shocks and improve its grip.","a":[["class","calibre14"]]}]},{"n":"p","x":"Like a real horse, the rider will control it by moving their hands, arms and legs as well as by shifting their weight about. These movements, which can be very subtle in real equestrians, are detected by a combination of sensors, with the data passed on to an artificial-intelligence system that instructs the motors to respond accordingly and to maintain the robot’s balance. Once development is completed, Corleo could carry two people and be able to break into a swift canter.","a":[["class","calibre12"]]},{"n":"p","x":"Helpfully, Corleo is fitted with a ","a":[["class","calibre12"]],"c":[{"n":"span","x":"GPS ","l":"navigation system and a projector capable of displaying directions after dark on the ground ahead. Under present plans the robot’s electrical power would come from a small internal-combustion engine working as a generator. This uses clean-burning hydrogen as its fuel, thus cutting emissions. The hydrogen would be stored in the robot’s hindquarters.","a":[["class","calibre14"]]}]},{"n":"p","x":"Even though Kawasaki admits that it could be a couple of decades before a robotic horse as agile as Corleo could enter mass production, the company is not alone in developing robotic animals. The robotics division of ","a":[["class","calibre12"]],"c":[{"n":"span","x":"X","l":"peng, a Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturer, is working on a small robotic pony that can be ridden by children. This, reckons ","a":[["class","calibre14"]]},{"n":"span","x":"X","l":"peng, will become a child’s “first smart vehicle”.","a":[["class","calibre14"]]}]},{"n":"p","x":"Meanwhile, Boston Dynamics, an American robot maker owned by Hyundai, a South Korean carmaker, has already sold more than 1,500 versions of Spot, its four-legged doglike robot. Although not big enough to ride on, Spots are used in factories, typically for jobs like inspecting hazardous areas. As even a basic Spot costs some $75,000, robot horses such as Kawasaki’s are likely to be a pricey addition to any stable, even though they don’t require feeding and mucking out. ","a":[["class","calibre12"]],"c":[{"n":"span","x":"■"}]},{"n":"p","a":[["class","calibre12"]],"c":[{"n":"i","x":"Curious about the world? 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