Salto-1P Is the Most Amazing Jumping Robot We've Ever Seen

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5 pointsDHaldane3 comments

Hi all! IEEE wrote another article on one of my robots.

I'm here if you have any questions.

What kind of power is expended by the robot? How far or how many jumps can you execute on a charge? Very interesting work BTW!

It's battery powered; the motor transfers energy to the leg through a spring. So there's also some compliant energy storage (which makes it jump higher).

We never ran the robot until the battery ran out. Our longest run was 174 jumps in a row. I'd estimate the maximum around 500 jumps before the battery craps out.

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