Tiny robot replicates grasshopper's long leaps

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

Taking their cue from leaping insects like the grasshopper and flea, French roboticists have built a tiny robot with spring-powered legs, capable of jumping 27 times its own size.

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