May 4, 2009 Last week we reported on the two-seater Hummel helicopter concept and mentioned that it looked very similar to the SoloTrek XFV (Exo-skeletal Flying Vehicle) backpack helicopter flown in ...
Tech Xplore on MSN
A springtail-like jumping robot: Diminutive device can leap 23 times its body length
Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these ...
You may not know what a springtail is but man, those little things can jump! Scientists have now copied the creatures' jumping mechanism in a small robot that could one day explore places that people ...
Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...
New high-speed footage and microCT scans reveal how globular springtails, tiny hexapods living in leaf litter, achieve the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A springtail bug close up Springtail bugs are some of the most irritating bugs to try and get rid of as they jump and dash when we ...
Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results