"A HOUSE THAT WALKS"

• A new prototype house walked around the campus of the Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridgeshire, England.

• The eco-friendly house is powered by solar cells and minature windmills, and comes with a kitchen, a composting toilet, a system for collecting rain water, one bed, a wood stove for CO2 neutral heating, a rear opening that forms a stairway entrance, and six legs.
• A collaborative effort between MIT and the Danish design collective N55, the house walks about five kilometers an hour similar to the walking speed of a human.
• The legs reguire a software algorithm to calculate the movement and position of the legs to provide stability over varying terrain.
• The house can turn, move forward or backwards, or change height as required and can be programmed with GPS waypoints for traveling to destinations.