Jumping robot bests biology by enhancing stored energy

Sarah Bergbreiter ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 604, issue 7907, 627-628

Abstract: A robotic jumper combines inspiration from biology with clever engineering to reach new heights. Crucial to the design is the combination of a rotary motor with a hybrid spring that maximizes stored energy density.

Keywords: Biomechanics; Engineering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01077-4 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:604:y:2022:i:7907:d:10.1038_d41586-022-01077-4

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01077-4

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().