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Mantis shrimp pack bullet-like punches. This teeny robot is almost as strong.

No shrimps (or humans) were harmed in the making of this bot.
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Mantis shrimp pack bullet-like punches. This teeny robot is almost as strong.
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Running, jumping, and flying: welcome to the future of robotics.


A team of researchers at Harvard University built a robot that mimics the lightning fast movement of mantis shrimp.

Their goal is to figure how such a tiny animal can generate such extremely high acceleration.


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