Here is interesting news that I am providing you today related to ROBOT. You might have seen real grasshopper but I have brought a grasshopper for you in my article which is a robot not a real.
A 7 gram Robot Grasshopper was capable of jumping a distance of 1.4 meters few months back. One advantage about jumping was that it combined advantages of being on the ground with the most important advantages of being able to fly – obstacle avoidance. Other advantage of being able to fly is that you can cover large distances efficiently and quickly. Jumping a distance of 1.4 meters was very big for such a small robot. But a new feature has been added to it that is Wings. The robot is now a very efficient mover also by using reduction gears and legs that act as springs.
By adding another feature of real grasshopper anatomy i.e. wings, guys at EPFL’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems have made their robot grasshopper into a great flier.
Wings are made of mylar, carbon and shape memory muscles. Therefore, their wings are controllable and towards sources of light, the robot is able to steer itself. These wings will be extendable and retractable like a real grasshopper. When integrated with the jumping legs and some solar panels then you have got a cheap, tiny and efficient robot capable of covering large distances over just about any sort of terrain by gliding, jumping, landing and by repeating.
Sad thing is that the robot is still in the process of development and currently it does not have any brain cells and as of now, the wings and body are not really able to work together. The researchers at EPFL’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems are still working on it to grow its functions. It will also have a pair of jumping legs as well as solar panels when it is fully integrated. Eventually, the wings will also be extendable and retractable. It will also have a small on board battery which will provide energy for about 300 jumps at the intervals of 3 seconds.
I think it will be a great time to own this robot and travel around with it.
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