Light-Powered Robots Can Jump Forever, Study Shows

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In Short: Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a teardrop-shaped soft robot that can keep jumping indefinitely as long as infrared light is shining on it.

A teardrop-shaped soft robot developed at North Carolina State University can keep jumping for as long as infrared light shines on it, without needing to be reset between leaps, according to reports from SciTechDaily. This work demonstrates a new approach to repeated jumping behavior in soft robotics.

Adding a small amount of weight to the rounded end could improve jumping distance, as the researchers also found, further enhancing the robot's performance.

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