Robot Jumping (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Robot Jumping

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In a series of tests, the robot jumped two and a half feet (0.75 m) in height and half a foot (0.15m) laterally. In experiments, the robot jumped more than 100 times and survived an additional 35 falls from a height of almost four feet.

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Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego/Harvard University

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