Reuters recently published an article detailing the research being performed by Professor Rajat Mittal and his group. Professor Mittal is analyzing the aerodynamics of spider crickets’ jumps to use the data in building more nimble robots in the future.
“This kind of a jumping mode of locomotion is very effective when you’re trying to travel through very complicated terrains. For example, the aftermath of an earthquake where you have all kinds of rubble,” said Mittal, adding extraterrestrial terrain could benefit from such robots. “Mars could be an example for instance where jumping could actually be much more effective than anything else.”
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