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Published Date: 22 May 2008
SCIENTISTS have built a jumping robot inspired by the grasshopper that can leap 27 times its body length. Swarms of the locust-like drones could one day be used to explore remote areas of the Earth or other planets, say researchers.
The device, which looks like the workings of a watch perched on two long feet, weighs just seven grams and can jump 1.4 metres.


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  • Last Updated: 21 May 2008 10:18 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 22/05/2008 08:24:12

"GRASSHOPPER", BE YOUR SELF. AND NEVER FEAR THUS TO BE NAKED TO THE EYES OF OTHERS. YET, KNOW THAT MAN SO OFTEN MASKS HIMSELF. THAT WHAT IS SIMPLE IS RARELY UNDERSTOOD. THE DUST OF TRUTH SWIRLS, AND SEEKS ITS OWN CRACKS OF ENTRY. AND A TREE FALLING IN THE FOREST, WITHOUT EARS TO HEAR, MAKES NO SOUND. YET IT FALLS.

Will you Walk with me "GRASSHOPPER",?
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Boy Wonder,

22/05/2008 09:26:15
#1. Still fixated on David Carradine's 70s show "Kung Fu", eh Chuckles??

 

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