Robot that jumps like a grasshopper could play a key role in future space exploration.
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Uploaded by UniofBath on Dec 4, 2008
The first jumping and rolling robot, Jollbot has been created by Rhodri Armour, a PhD student from the University of Bath. Its hoped his creation, which can jump over obstacles and roll over smoother terrain, could be used for space exploration or land survey work in the future.
For the full news story, please visit: http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2008/12/4/jumping-robot.html
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The idea itself is pretty simple, but I don't think it is even near a finalized design, looks kind of easy to break, easy to lose control of, etc.
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Ingenious design
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it's just enough to get over spots that robots that can only roll on the ground can't get past.
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No I didn't forget, it just seemed underwhelming is all. Keep me updated if it makes it to the moon.
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It also takes around 2 years (or more) and more than $25k per pound to reach another planet, somehow I don't think several minutes to hop out of a rut really matters much when the costs and time to get there are so high.
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I think the beauty of it is in its simplicity. Fewer parts to break when it slams down on another planet. It is for remote exploration, I doubt anyone will ever build one to ride in.
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was that a whole foot it jumped?
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Nice idea. I like how you use stored energy to accomplish what would be practically impossible with the small amount of continuos power of most spacecraft. Maybe some of these ideas will be used in the "swarms" that they keep promissing.
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nice idea. i believe in potential.
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"Robot rolls down a very tall mountain on mars after 2 weeks of climbing it."
DAMMIT!
OLDSKOOL511 3 years ago 8
Are you forgetting that the force needed to move 1 foot upward on Earth equates to around 6 feet on the moon?
72hermit 3 years ago 3