Miscellaneous

Robot-builders could learn a thing or two from fire ants, which have evolved a trick to withstand waves and cross rivers without sinking

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The mechanical Robot Ant 3D was made by my mate 14c0 of Mi.S.Fu. Sound design made with iZotope Iris and Pro Tools. I emphasised the Ant warrior breathing to characterise its rage and waiting to fight against an enemy.
I would have loved to get the mechanics a little bit more robotic/futuristic, but I liked the idea of clunking parts more.

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“A 3D-printed 1-mg Legged Microrobot Running At 15 Body Lengths Per Second,” by Ryan St. Pierre, Walker Gosrich, and Sarah Bergbreiter, presented at the 2018 Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop.

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