Robot Grasshopper
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In fact, it only resembles a grasshopper from a distance; the initial idea was to imitate the jumping mechanism of this insect in storing a large amount of energy in the bent legs and freeing it quickly to effect a jump to a considerable height. According to the Israeli researchers, twice as much as similar robots until now. The horizontal movement is less impressive, but all the same more than a meter.
This ingenious example of biological inspiration for designing new types of robots uses rods of carbon fibre, with torsion springs of steel wire forming the joints. The ABS plastic body of the remote controlled robot grasshopper wa...