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    You can’t Squash this Roach-Inspired Robot

    August 4, 2019, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics

    Weight-bearing, slope-climbing, and load-carrying capabilities.(A to C) Soft robot can continue to function (one-half of the original speed) after being stepped on by an adult human (59.5 kg), a load about 1 million times its own body weight. Scale bars, 3 cm. A robot climbs a slope (D) of 7.5° with a relative speed of 7 BL/s and a slope (E) of 15.6° with a relative speed of 1 BL/s. Scale bars, 1 cm. (F and G) A robot (0.064 g) carries a peanut (0.406 g), which is six times its own body weight, to show the load-carrying capability. The speed with the peanut on top is about one-six of the original speed without the peanut. Scale bars, 1 cm.

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