Excited to share our new work in @science.org #Robotics that shows how reversible kinks can help nematodes perform jumps 1000 times faster than you can blink! scim.ag/4iDIa1i 🧵: Work co-led by @chemicalsunnyraj.bsky.social , @itiwari93.bsky.social and Victor Ortega-Jimenez with many other colleagues

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This work is the result of the hard work of an amazing team of researchers, especially @chemicalsunnyraj.bsky.social @itiwari93.bsky.social and Victor Ortega-Jimenez, who co-led this work and brought it to the finish line. #ScienceRoboticsResearch scim.ag/4iDIa1i

Engineering a robot that can jump 10 feet high – without legs | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

A 5-inch soft robot inspired by nematode movement can jump 10 feet high without legs, using a silicone rod and carbon-fiber spine to store and release energy through body kinks. doi.org/g9gfzh

Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast jumping in nematodes and soft robots | Science Robotics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...