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Miniature robot leaps 27 times its body size - Image 1 of 6

Miniature robot leaps 27 times its body size - Image 1 of 6 | Robolution Capital | Scoop.it

Researchers at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL have developed a jumping robot inspired by the grasshopper. The 5cm model uses a 0.6-gram pager motor and a cam to charge two torsion springs, which trigger a jump from the robot’s 1.3mm carbon rod feet. The 7-gram robot can jump 4.6 feet (1.4 m), more than 27 times its body size, and ten times the distance of any existing jumping robot.


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MEDi the robot helps reduce anxiety of kids getting flu shots - Calgary Herald

MEDi the robot helps reduce anxiety of kids getting flu shots - Calgary Herald | Robolution Capital | Scoop.it
OpenFile Calgary (blog)MEDi the robot helps reduce anxiety of kids getting flu shotsCalgary HeraldCALGARY — After five-year-old Jacob Crawford received his flu shot last October, he wouldn't stop talking about a robot.

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