EPFL Intelligent Systems Lab researchers shared their latest work with us at an international conference: a micro-robot that weighs 7 grams and can jump 1.4 meters! The muse of this tiny robot, which can jump 27 times its own height, is grasshoppers.
This tiny machine, which is advantageous, can jump 320 times at 3-second intervals. With a small solar panel attached to it, we can produce a large number of these robotics that can meet our energy needs and explore other planets or remote corners of our Earth. They use this energy to jump, leaping distances much greater than their own height. The tiny robot imitates this mechanism exactly. With the help of its 0.6 gram motor, it slowly stretches two springs, calculates the angle of jump, the position of its legs and the lift force, decides the shape it will take during acceleration, and throws itself to 1.4 meters! This tiny motor also generates the energy to power a small camera.