These insects are small, with a wingspan of 0. ... push against the ground (grass or anything else they stand on), and jump!

These tiny jumping bugs are harmless to humans but can be a ... Additionally, cutting back tall grass and other plants, eliminating all possible areas where water can pool up, unclogging gutters ...

and they can jump onto leaves which are like tiny, unstable platforms,” Temel said. “All these movements and motions that we are still trying to do in large-scale robotics and (insects ...

There are incredibly tiny factors to ... (Are the blades of grass bouncy? Is the plant twig brittle?), as well as desired distance, speed, and landing. Most jumping robots can’t compete with ...

Researcher Malcolm Burrows, of the University of Cambridge, explained that water can be a deadly trap for many small insects ... then filmed the insects showing off their jumping skills with ...

Rather, the study’s goal was to explore aquatic mobility in a small-scale robot. (Carla Schaffer / AAAS) “We were fascinated by the fact that insects can actually jump on water quite well ...

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 ...

Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has a history of creating tiny, insect-inspired robots, and its latest one can stand and jump on water just like a strider.