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Article #1057Re: Ant Sized Robot
From: Hans Moravec
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 23:52
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 23:52
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Karl Altenburg writes: >The 'ant' sized robot I think you are talking about is the one proposed by >Dr. Johannes Smits at Boston University's College of Engineering. > >I heard a lecture by him at the Artificial Life III conference last June. >According to his current designs and calculations the 'ant' will be around >three to seven millimeters long, have six legs, a forward facing pincer, >move at a top speed of 4 meters per second and carry 300 times its own >weight (wow.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 4 meters per second!!!! It would be trailing tiny tornadoes! Maybe 4 cm per second ?
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