robot-illustration (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

robot-illustration

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An illustration of the hopping robot shows the elastic rods bent into loops at the rear. When the bent rods are twisted, they suddenly snap, producing a hopping motion reminiscent of a frog.

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Dezhong Tong, University of Michigan/UCLA

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