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


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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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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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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