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Sand Flea Robot Can Jump 30 Feet High (Cool video at link)
My Fox NY ^ | March 29, 2012 | My Fox NY

Posted on 03/29/2012 11:19:32 AM PDT by Islander7

Developed by Boston Dynamic as a tool to obtain information for the U.S. military, the Sand Flea, aptly named because of its incredible jumping ability, will hopefully aid soldiers in war zones by revealing potential threats, CNET reported.

The robot has four wheels and weighs 11 pounds. It can jump up to 30 feet high when not actually in a forward moving motion by using CO2 fired from a piston. And it can jump 25 times in a row before having to be recharged, IEEE Spectrum reported.

The Sand Flea has such precision, that when properly controlled, it can leap into a window of a second story building. It does this by stopping, leaning on its back wheels and then propelling itself upward.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxny.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: darpa; military; robot
Another robot being tested alongside the Sand Flea is the RHex, which is a 30 pound robot inspired by a cockroach.
1 posted on 03/29/2012 11:19:41 AM PDT by Islander7
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To: Islander7

Somehow this reminds me of the motorcycle-terminators that CyberDyne Systems came up with.


2 posted on 03/29/2012 11:24:25 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
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To: Islander7

Will a tick and flea collar stop it?


3 posted on 03/29/2012 11:24:36 AM PDT by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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It spews CO2, based on the article. The half-wits (I’m being generous) at EPA will stop it.


4 posted on 03/29/2012 11:30:01 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Islander7

We are in dire financial straits as a nation but apparently nobody told the fantasists at the Pentagon.

I want to cry whenever i read about the crazy stuff the morons in R&D dream up to spend money on.

Earth to the E Ring: Close down these dopey projects.


5 posted on 03/29/2012 11:31:27 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

Just hope the EPA never gets wind of this product:

http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/2922540175.html


6 posted on 03/29/2012 11:31:36 AM PDT by Rio
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To: Islander7

Oh...must be designed after power house crabs....

(if you weren’t reading graffiti 50 years ago, you wouldn’t understand)


7 posted on 03/29/2012 11:42:35 AM PDT by G Larry (We are NOT obliged to carry the snake in our pocket and then dismiss the bites as natural behavior.)
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To: Islander7

That looks fake. The film is edited before each jump.


8 posted on 03/29/2012 11:45:27 AM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Islander7

Is it a male sand flea, or a female sand flea?


9 posted on 03/29/2012 11:47:54 AM PDT by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: real saxophonist

It’s a male sand flea. They tried to make a female version but it couldn’t rise up sufficiently — it kept hitting a sort of glass ceiling.


10 posted on 03/29/2012 11:54:58 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
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To: Islander7

Bm


11 posted on 03/29/2012 11:57:27 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Politics is fake. I think it's owned by Vince Mcmahon)
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To: Islander7

Cute. Why do I imagine I am one of the last humans, desperately trying to outlast its batteries?


12 posted on 03/29/2012 12:50:07 PM PDT by heartwood
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To: wildbill

Would you rather have a live American soldier or Marine crawling up that wall?

(For some reason I keep seeing the pictures of the US Rangers going up Point du Hoc during D-day).


13 posted on 03/29/2012 12:58:00 PM PDT by Sigurdrifta
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To: Islander7
I'd love to have one of those to play with while my Apache helicopter battery recharges.

The cats would go bonkers!

14 posted on 03/29/2012 11:01:39 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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