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Pogo-Style Robot Legs Allow 9-Foot Bounces

Posted by timothy on from the mind-the-parquet dept.

destinyland writes "A new pogo stick jumps nine feet using legs developed for running robots. (It replaces the stick's spring with a fiber-reinforced 'bow' that was developed at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics institute.) One scientist even suggests robots could use its 'BowGo' technology in the low-gravity environment of the moon. 'Hopping many meters above ground level, the robot would have an excellent view of the terrain.'"

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Insightful

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  2. Slashvertisement? by Fizzl · · Score: 2, Insightful

    80% of the article seem to be centering around promoting some event called pogopalooza6. I would have been curious to see more videos about the BowGo and its scientific possibilities. All I got was 5 minute promotional video with traditional pogo-sticks and 10 seconds of someone bouncing on the BowGo.

    This is bizarre. I feel confused.

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