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Insect-inspired amphibious robot jumps like a water strider

New Atlas - Fri 31 Jul 15

Despite what our science fiction-fueled imaginations love to be entertained with, there is more to the field of modern robotics than colossal combat machines or bionic baristas. Some ...

VIDEO: The robot that jumps on water

BBC News - Fri 31 Jul 15

Scientists in South Korea develop a tiny robot - based on the water strider insect - that can jump on water.

Robot can leap from water's surface, BBC News - Thu 30 Jul 15

Robotic insect mimics nature's extreme moves

Phys.org - Thu 30 Jul 15

The concept of walking on water might sound supernatural, but in fact it is a quite natural phenomenon. Many small living creatures leverage water's surface tension to maneuver themselves around. ...

Robotic insect mimics Nature's extreme moves, Biology News - Fri 31 Jul 15
Robotic insect mimics Nature's extreme moves, e! Science News - Thu 30 Jul 15

Robots Reveal How Water Striders Jump on Water

IEEE Spectrum - Thu 30 Jul 15

A tiny robot shows how water striders can jump without sinking

Video: Tiny robot walks, jumps on water

Science Now - Thu 30 Jul 15

Insect-mimicking "bugbot" leaps like water striders

Robot springs off water

ScienceNews - Thu 30 Jul 15

Scientists have created robotic water striders that can jump on water.

Tiny robot bug that can jump on water created by scientists

Geek.com - Sun 2 Aug 15

If you have entomophobia, you probably want to steer clear of these tiny, robotic bugs. Scientists out of Harvard have teamed up with Seoul’s National University to create a mechanical ...

Researchers create tiny robots that mimic water striders

Techspot - Sat 1 Aug 15

Researchers at Harvard University in collaboration with colleagues at Seoul National University have developed a robot that can not only walk on water, it can jump on it.

Watch this robotic water-strider hop on top of water

L.A. Times - Fri 31 Jul 15

Why swim when you can jump? An international team of scientists led by Seoul National University has designed a tiny mechanical water-strider - a robot that can leap off the water's surface ...

Scientists Create Water Strider-Like Robot That Can Jump On Water

Ubergizmo - Fri 31 Jul 15

Remember a few years ago, scientists created a robot that had the ability to jump on water? That particular robot was created by scientists at China's Harbin Institute of Technology, and it ...

Tiny robotic insect can jump on water like a strider

Engadget - Fri 31 Jul 15

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. The ...

The Jesusbot: robot strides on the surface and jumps on water

ZME Science - Fri 31 Jul 15

Taking inspiration from nature, scientists in South Korea hijacked millions of years of evolution and devised their very own robotic version of a water-strider - insects that can jump on water. ...

The first machine that can jump on water

Ars Technica - Thu 30 Jul 15

Engineers use biomimetics to turn water surface tension into a launchpad.

Minority Report-type insect robots jump on water

Reuters - Thu 30 Jul 15

The spider robots that invade the bath of Captain John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise, were one of the highlights of iconic 2002 film Minority Report. Now a team of international researchers ...

Insect-Like Robot Can Jump On Water

Popular Science - Thu 30 Jul 15

Seoul National University A water strider next to the first robot to use surface-tension dominated water jumping Since Biblical times, people have been fascinated ...

Water insects inspire tiny jumping robot

UPI - Sat 1 Aug 15

Brooks HaysBOSTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Skinny-legged insects that quietly skate and jump across the surface of the water, called "water striders," were the inspiration for a newly designed robot.

These robot bugs don't just walk on water, they jump on it

CNET Crave - Fri 31 Jul 15

An international team has developed robot water striders. Is this more evidence of a coming awesome robot apocalypse?

This robotic insect can jump on water

Techradar - Fri 31 Jul 15

Despite what Jesus would have you believe, walking on water is no great achievement – insects have been doing it for millennia. But now robots are doing it too.Bioroboticists from Seoul National ...