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World's smallest self-powered bipedal robot achieves record speed and agility with simple mechanical design
At less than one and a half inches tall, roughly the same height as a LEGO minifigure, the world's smallest self-contained ...
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Battery-sized bipedal robot Zippy runs, climbs, and tackles rescue missions
Zippy, the smallest autonomous bipedal robot ever, walks at 10 leg lengths per second and fits into spaces other robots can’t ...
Miniature walking robot: "Lego minifigure" runs over 0.8 km/h fast
A research team at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has literally given a "Lego minifigure" legs. A two-legged walking robot accelerates to more than 0.8 km/h. The construction, called "Zippy", can ...
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Zippy: The world’s smallest and fastest tiny walking robot
At just under one and a half inches tall—about the height of a LEGO minifigure—Zippy is the world’s smallest self-powered ...
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Battery-sized bipedal robot Zippy runs, climbs, and tackles rescue missions
The new robot builds on prior designs from the same lab, including “Mugatu,” a steerable biped with rounded feet and a single actuator. Undergraduate students Soma Narita and Josef Macera were ...
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Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. has confidence in Mystik Dan's ability ahead of a potential rematch with Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth in the $2 million Preakness Stakes ...