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The result? The little jumper can go almost 100 feet into the air. As explained in the paper in Nature and demonstrated in the video below the break, the jumping robot being considered uses rubber bands, carbon fiber bows, and commodity items such as a geared motor and LiPo batteries to essentially wind up the spring mechanism and then, like a trap being sprung, release the pent up energy all at once.
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With this distinct mechanical advantage in mind, of the University of California Santa Barbara decided to look beyond biomimicry. And when it comes to jumping robots, biomimicry can only go so far. Yes, that’s right, the simple act of going roundy-round is unique to mechanical devices rather than biological organisms. It’s been observed that of all the things that are possible in nature, out of all the wonderful mechanisms, fluid and aerodynamics, and chemistry, there’s one thing that is so far undiscovered in a living thing: continuous rotation. How can a few grams of battery, geared motor, and some nifty materials get a jumping robot over 30 meters into the air? It wasn’t by copying a grasshopper, kangaroo, or an easily scared kitty.