Solar-powered hopping robots? It's been ...

Dave Hrynkiw
May 21, 2008

TINY Jumping RobotActually, it's been done, but not this nicely. Those guys at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have a nice report on their "microglider" project. They do some fine work!

Bah. That picture is too small! Let's look at a BIG one!

Ooo! And they have more big pictures here! This one is nice - it shows the mechanics on the oher side. (Don't you love the intarwebs?)

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