Locust jumping robot. This robot, designed at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, was inspired by a locust. It measures only 5c

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Locust jumping robot. This robot, designed at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, was inspired by a locust. It measures only 5cm tall but is able to jump over a hurdle 138 cm high, a distance times its height.

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Size: 4373px × 2907px
Photo credit: © MASSIMO BREGA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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