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Record-Breaking Robot Highlights How Animals Excel at Jumping

The Quanta Podcast

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Robots Aren't Limited by Muscles

Chris Keighley says robots aren't limited by muscles. By storing the energy over a longer period of time it's able to store more than, for example, a human muscle could. The square cross section of the robot's spring enables it to store twice as much energy as biological springs,. which have a more triangular design.

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