Knotted robots jumping (VIDEO)

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science

Caption

Thermally actuated overhand knots made from Kevlar-LCE composites, with knot sizes from 0.65 to 6.5 mm. The blue curve traces the leaping trajectory with a spotlight on the leaping fiber.

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The Yang Lab at Penn Engineering

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