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Leggy ROBOT INSECT WALKS on WATER before flawlessly LEAPING OFF
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| 1 Aug 2015
| Kelly Fiveash
Posted on 08/02/2015 4:16:51 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Leggy ROBOT INSECT WALKS on WATER before flawlessly LEAPING OFF
Artificial system replicates biological movement
1 Aug 2015 at 14:20, Kelly Fiveash
Vid Scientists have created a leggy microrobot that mimics the actions of a water strider.
They wanted to replicate the movement of the semi-aquatic insects to try to have a better understanding of how they are able to jump from watery surfaces with the same amount of force and height as a leap from rigid ground.
Boffins from Seoul National University, Korea (SNU), Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences published their findings in the Science journal on Friday.
Robot prototypes were produced using a manufacturing technique, known as Pop-up MEMS, that enables complex 3D machines – such as Harvard's RoboBee – to be developed in the mesoscale.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Technical
KEYWORDS: boffins; robot
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
08/02/2015 4:43:37 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(This is no deal, Øbama is negotiating terms of surrender)
To: NonValueAdded
“Robot, meet bass.”
Awesome. Great reply and idea too.
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posted on
08/02/2015 4:52:22 AM PDT
by
Slambat
To: TigerLikesRooster
So many things are exaggerated or distorted by the press. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that thru ignorance they just like to use terms like "robot" or "drone" because they're popular terms. This "robot" insect is little more than a mechanical insect; a spring actuates the hop out of the water. There is no control as such.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:04:02 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Jumps like the press does when Hillary gives the order.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:28:41 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: TigerLikesRooster; big'ol_freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ...
Re:
Leggy ROBOT INSECT WALKS on WATER before flawlessly LEAPING OFF Gadzooks! Big deal-- I've been walking on water... 
with babes for years
Howevre, if they could invent a way... 
to get off my back after I've passed out drunk--
That, both big & I... 
I would appreciate!
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:38:34 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: TigerLikesRooster; Bender2
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:24:01 AM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Flick Lives
Here is a computer simulation of another,
very similar, "small robot" that I have developed through a grant from the NSF:
Now, gimme more grant money and I will show you how it can leap out of the water.
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:37:30 AM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:51:29 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: Bender2
Hey Bender you joining US Swim team for 2016 Olympics???
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:53:54 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:01:01 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Bender2
That's what my homersapien is for...
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posted on
08/04/2015 3:39:19 AM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(Mi baol ach dom olcas mise)
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