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Solar-powered hopping robots? It's been ...
Dave Hrynkiw
May 21, 2008
Actually, 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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