Video of six tiny robots working together to pull a 2-ton car
Ron Czapala
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http://www.techspot.com/news/64092-watch-video-six-tiny-robots-working-together-pull.html
Most people know that ants can lift over 100 times their body weight, and when they work together, these tiny insects can move objects much bigger than themselves. Researchers at Stanford Universtiy have been studying this ability for a while and have now developed a team of six tiny robots that use the same principles to move a car.
Most people know that ants can lift over 100 times their body weight, and when they work together, these tiny insects can move objects much bigger than themselves. Researchers at Stanford Universtiy have been studying this ability for a while and have now developed a team of six tiny robots that use the same principles to move a car.
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It's all about leverage and gear ratios. As Archimedes said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
Thanks- shared this on the blog!
Man - I'm old!