Small body with strength 6 robotic ants dragging their 18 000 times times the

Give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth.

                                       ----Archimedes

Four-two ounces, in addition to leverage, there are ants. Recently, Stanford University bio-dextrous manipulation laboratory and a team of researchers have been exploring the limits of friction in design of small robots, in order to make small robots with "four-two ounces" powers, but also so they can crawl on the steep wall like a Gecko. VR Box virtual reality

Finally, they are ants, Geckos and the Super Micro-Robot collaboration cluster in groups in the Marines who found inspiration. Little Ant with big power, and more importantly, ants understand through team collaboration, complete the task of moving large objects.

Researchers used methods are counterintuitive, robots they do not like soccer or knocking a hammer directly output a great deal of power, and their concern is very tiny smooth application of power. All these micro-robot cooperation work very slowly.

They found that ants use their collaboration on three of the six legs legs, you can force synchronization, and the great collaboration, drag the objects weigh far more than their own. Best VR box

Involved in the study of a graduate student David Christensen said: "by understanding the dynamics of the team, rather than a single dynamic, we can build a Ant micro-Tug robot team, they are super strong, but can also work together as a team. "The research papers will be in May this year, the Stockholm International Robotics and automation session.

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But now we have been able to see quickly. Through a video showing a team of 6 robots drag car video. Christensen said the equivalent of 6 people who drag the Eiffel Tower or three of the statue of liberty. Because these robots up only 3.5 ounces (100 grams), and they dragged the car weighs 3900 lbs (1.8 tons).

As to why these robots are not car and pulling back the past, Christensen said they use a special adhesive that got inspiration from the Gecko's toes.

Believe that this "small body big power" robots will play an important role in the construction of human extraterrestrial colony, after all, move an excavator to Mars is too expensive!

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