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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