An Animal-Inspired Robot Jumps out of Water (VIDEO)

American Physical Society

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This video shows how an animal-inspired robot jumps out of water. A door-hingelike 3D-printed robot wrapped with an elastic band is placed within a water tank, a thin metal wire holding the robot in place is cut via an electric shock, and then the robot flaps downward and jumps out of the water.

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Sunghwan Jung

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