For such a reviled creature, the cockroach has some pretty impressive abilities. It can slide through incredibly narrow gaps, has great acceleration and can cling to overhanging surfaces like a gecko. But something you won't see them doing is launching more than a meter into the air – at least not in the natural world. But researchers have developed a new springing mechanism for small robots that enables them to jump many times their own height at just the right time, a technology they have demonstrated in their so-called JumpRoACH leaping milli-scale Robot.
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Category: Robotics
Tags:
- Biomimetic
- UC Berkeley
- Seoul National University
- Biomimicry
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from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine http://ift.tt/1sWFnb4
