World's Highest Jumping Robot
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Published 2022-08-31
Huge thanks to Dr. Elliot Hawkes and the rest of the group - Charles Xiao, Chris Keeley, Dr. Morgan Pope, and Dr. Günter Niemeyer - for having us at UCSB and showing us their high-flying jumper. This work was partially supported by an Early Career Faculty Grant from NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants Program.
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References:
Hawkes, E.W., Xiao, C., Peloquin, R., Keeley, C., Begley, M.R., Pope, M.T., & Niemeyer, G. (2022). Engineered jumpers overcome biological limits via work multiplication. Nature, 604, 657-661. – rdcu.be/cMePc
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Fernandez, S. (2022). Hitting New Heights. The Current, UC Santa Barbara. – ve42.co/Fernandez2022
Bushwick, S. (2022). Record-Breaking Jumping Robot Can Leap a 10-Story Building. Engineering, Scientific American. – ve42.co/Bushwick2022
Mack, E. (2022). This Robot Can Leap Nine Stories in One Jump, Will Go Even Higher on Moon. Science, CNET. – ve42.co/Mack2022
Ashby, M. (2020). Materials Selection in Mechanical Design (4th edition). Elsevier.
Jumping robot leaps to record heights. Nature Video - ve42.co/NatureJumper
MultiMo-Bat Robot - ve42.co/MultiMoBat
Galago Jump - ve42.co/GalagoJump
Slingshot Spider - ve42.co/SlingshotSpider
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Written by Emily Zhang and Derek Muller
Filmed by Derek Muller and Trenton Oliver
Animation by Mike Radjabov and Ivy Tello
Edited by Trenton Oliver
Additional video/photos supplied by Pond5 and Getty Images
Music from Epidemic Sound
Produced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Emily Zhang
All Comments (21)
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So, to be clear, if I jump right as I fart, that wouldn't technically class as a jump. I would be "taking off" as it were. Fascinating...
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Jokes on you because I pirated a scientific journal and already know about it.
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I love engineering like this- simple structures deployed in novel ways, designed rigorously and exploiting particular materials to achieve a breakthrough result.
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2:47 The tiny frog jumping and missing dragon fly while it slightly moves out the way had me dying 😂😂
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I love how simple this robot is and yet this exact combination of mechanisms is groundbreaking.
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I've taken suspension springs out of cars and every time I would treat it as if it was a loaded gun. The full scale version of this jumper is absolutely terrifying. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that thing when it was fully compressed.
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That clip at 2:40 is actually an incredible insight into how fast this thing- and things in general can really get
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I would love to see this combined with that company creating glider drones to deliver to hospitals. They use a giant slingshot currently to get in the air, but that means they can only launch from a dedicated setup spot
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If we got enough likes together would Derek commission the 10x larger version? Deployable glide surfaces + parachute + camera package is my vote for the payload.
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Have they looked at efficiency loss from jumping on a compressible surface, like loose sand? I would think that would be a limiting factor in an environment like the moon, where there is a large quantity of fine particles on the surface.
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Would love to see a 10 times bigger one, that thing sound like it could send stuff in orbit! O_O I love the slow build up and then "VOOM" its gone.
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This is very similar to the "flywheel bots" in Battle Bots. By spinning up the flywheel over time, they store a crap load of energy and release it all at once on its victims. That's why they always did so well.
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I'm not sure why, but such a small and simple thing made this one of my more favorite videos of yours. Especially once you pointed out how invaluable this would be on other planets with little to no atmosphere. I wonder if something like this could also implement a passive propeller that would slow its decent 🤔
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8:00 the idea of the small motor working over time to store energy reminds me of how the mantis shrimp punches so hard. It uses its muscles to slowly bring its hands in and then latches them and when the latch releases... POW!
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Hey Derek. Amazing video! I have one suggestion regarding this video. During the part where you were talking about sand fleas, try adding an image or slow mo of a sand flea, so that when I see the drawing about its muscle next, I can relate it to the image or video of it jumping. I didn't know what sand fleas looked liked and hence I couldn't understand this part.
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I love how intuitively designed it is! Simply amazing.
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When I made a water bottle rocket recently, I was surprised that they advised that a weight be added to the top of the rocket. It certainly made a positive difference. So I'm interested to see the same principle at work here.
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That's just amazing
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That is an incredibly detailed video into jumping and I love it. It would be amazing to see jumpers on the moon or mars as that is a highly efficient method of travel.🔥
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You really helped a lot in completing the levels. Nice work
