Varying the relative speed and direction of each of the mechanisms lets the robot move in any direction, similar to his ball-wheeled robot. Each strider mechanism uses a single motor and looks ...

Harvard researchers have developed a small, agile robot capable of walking and jumping, inspired by hopping hexapods like ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...

Walking robots have a rich history both on and off ... It’s a four-legged walker with a gait dictated by a cam-and-follower mechanism that allows it to perform the full range of leg movement ...

The simplicity of the springtail’s jumping mechanism intrigued the researchers. “Its furcula consists of just two or three ...

Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have made a walking ... use of a similar mechanism, along with insights from springtail jumps, for small jumping robots,” Wood said.

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods ...