{"605780":{"#nid":"605780","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Strike, Chomp, Jump","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobots still can\u0026rsquo;t compete with the fastest-jumping insects and other small-but-powerful creatures. New research helps explain why nature still beats robots, and describes how machines might take the lead.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETake the smashing mantis shrimp, a small crustacean not much bigger than a thumb. Its hammer-like mouthparts can repeatedly deliver 69-mile-per-hour wallops more than 100 times faster than the blink of an eye to break open hard snail shells.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOr the unassuming trap-jaw ant: In a zero-to-60 matchup, even the fastest dragster would have little chance against its snapping mandibles, which reach speeds of more than 140 miles per hour in less than a millisecond to nab their prey.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA new mathematical model reported in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aao1082\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; a study co-authored by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bhamlab.com\/\u0022\u003ESaad\u0026nbsp;Bhamla\u003C\/a\u003E, researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology could help explain how these and other tiny organisms generate their powerful strikes, chomps, jumps, and punches.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECheck out the entire story, with interactive gifs, written by Duke University\u0026#39;s Robin Smith, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/robots-still-cant-outdo-natures-tiny-speedsters\u0022\u003Eright here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Robots still can\u2019t compete with the fastest-jumping insects and nature\u0027s other small-but-powerful creatures"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobots still can\u0026rsquo;t compete with the fastest-jumping insects and nature\u0026#39;s other small-but-powerful creatures\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Robots still can\u2019t compete with the fastest-jumping insects and nature\u0027s other small-but-powerful creatures"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2018-05-03 13:24:33","changed_gmt":"2018-05-03 13:25:06","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605779":{"id":"605779","type":"image","title":"Saad Bhamla","body":null,"created":"1525353459","gmt_created":"2018-05-03 13:17:39","changed":"1525353459","gmt_changed":"2018-05-03 13:17:39","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231010","name":"bhamla300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bhamla300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bhamla300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66827,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bhamla300.jpg?itok=junVHChI"}}},"media_ids":["605779"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["Jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}