Water striders robots, Seoul National University, Korea and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, USA

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Developers:

Seoul National University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_National_University)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?8119)

Gerridae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerridae) (water striders, water bugs, magic bugs, pond skaters, skaters, skimmers, water scooters, water skaters, water skeeters, water skimmers, water skippers, water spiders, or Jesus bugs) on Wikipedia

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Article "Sneaky insect-like robot jumps on water without a splash (https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/30/9070591/robot-jump-water-insect-small-no-splash)"
Researchers think it could be used for rescue missions, or for surveillance

by Arielle Duhaime-Ross
July 30, 2015

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https://youtu.be/CnFBXM5641k

Jumping on Water: Robotic Water Strider

Published on Jul 30, 2015


In this video, watch how novel robotic insects developed by a team of Seoul National University and Harvard scientists can jump directly off water's surface. The robots emulate the natural locomotion of water strider insects, which skim on and jump off the surface of water.

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https://youtu.be/k0_454EDwkk

Robotic insect jumps on water

Published on Jul 30, 2015


Many small creatures can “walk on water” and semi-aquatic insects called water striders (Gerridae) can jump on water. Mimicking nature, an international team has unveiled a robotic insect that can jump on water's surface. The robotic insect can exert up to 16 times its own body weight on the water's surface without breaking through.

Credit:
Jumping on water: Surface tension–dominated jumping of water striders and robotic insects
Je-Sung Koh, Eunjin Yang, Gwang-Pil Jung, Sun-Pill Jung, Jae Hak Son, Sang-Im Lee, Piotr G. Jablonski, Robert J. Wood, Ho-Young Kim, and Kyu-Jin Cho
Science 31 July 2015, DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1637

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https://youtu.be/oHbII8buPDw

Meet the tiny robot that can jump on water

Published on Jul 30, 2015


This tiny robot was designed to jump on water by mimicking the behavior of a type of bug called at water strider

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Article "Jumping on water: Surface tension–dominated jumping of water striders and robotic insects (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6247/517)"

by Je-Sung Koh, Eunjin Yang, Gwang-Pil Jung, Sun-Pill Jung, Jae Hak Son4, Sang-Im Lee, Piotr G. Jablonski, Robert J. Wood, Ho-Young Kim, Kyu-Jin Cho
July 31, 2015