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 ...
Snowy conditions and cold weather could reveal springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The tiny "bugs" are known for their haphazard jumping, which has earned ...
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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 ...
Move over, Sonic. There's a new spin-jumping champion in town -- the globular springtail (Dicyrtomina minuta). This diminutive hexapod backflips into the air, spinning to over 60 times its body height ...
Snowy conditions and cold weather could reveal springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The tiny "bugs" are known for their haphazard jumping, which has earned ...
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