Cockroach-inspired robot

clipped from blogs.zdnet.com Resilient cockroach-inspired robot survives large falls, dashes off IEEE Spectrum writes of a small resilient robot created by Paul Birkmeyer and Prof. Ronald Fearing at the Biomimetic Millisystems Lab at UC Berkeley. Aptly called DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod), the six-legged insect-inspired robot can reach speeds of 1.5 meters per second and is flexible/strong enough to be dropped from a height of 28 meters without breaking. A single DC motor powers the legs and a small servomotor to slightly deform the robot’s body, allowing it to make turns. clipped from robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu Prototyping Folded Robots Step 1: The Drawing Step 2: Cutting the Flexures Step 3: Flexure Layer Insertion Step 4: Laminating Step 5: Cutting the Outlines Step 6: Releasing the Parts Step 7: Pre-folding Linkages Step 8: Final Assembly Example Structures SMA Driven Crawler Motor-Driven Hexapod Micromechanical Flying Insect Prototyping using other Materials