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A new design for tiny, low-power robots with limited power has been developed by roboticists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and University of Michigan Engineering.
The twisting of bent elastic rods can produce a snapping motion that enables the robots to hop or swim. It could also propel robots that move through rough terrain or operate on both land and water.
Published in Science Advances, the research was co-led by Khalid Jawed, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA, and Xiaonan (Sean) Huang, an assistant professor of robotics at U-M.
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