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Employees of the University of California (USA) have created a miniature robot weighing 30 grams, capable of jumping 32.9 meters – a height one hundred times higher than its own height. As the journal Nature explains, the jumping baby robot is designed to explore the moon, where there is no atmosphere and gravity is much lower than on Earth.
“The moon is the perfect place to jump, gravity is one-sixth that of Earth, and there is practically no air. On Earth, about 25% of the potential jump height is lost due to air resistance. The robot can jump to the edge of a moon rock or jump to the bottom of a crater, take samples and return to the rover, ”explain the creators of the robot, who studied the mechanism of jumping of various animals and wanted to know if the robots could turn out to be more advanced.
Such robots will also be useful on Earth – according to the developers, they will participate in the aftermath of natural disasters and other disasters.
The unique abilities of the robot are due to its design – a carbon fiber frame and a spring engine with an electric motor. It is the springs that throw the mechanism to a record height for mechanisms and living beings. Such a robot is much more economical than flying drones, and in addition, it is able to quickly get up even if it falls on its side, and then jump again.
Source: Rosbalt
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