{"681997":{"#nid":"681997","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineering A Robot That Can Jump 10 Feet High \u2013 Without Legs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETheir device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can leap 10 feet high even though it doesn\u2019t have legs. The researchers made it after watching high-speed video of nematodes pinching themselves into odd shapes to fling themselves forward and backward.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers described the soft robot April 23 in \u003Cem\u003EScience Robotics\u003C\/em\u003E. They said their findings\u0026nbsp;could help develop robots capable of jumping across various terrain, at different heights, in multiple directions.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/engineering-robot-can-jump-10-feet-high-without-legs\u0022\u003ERead the entire story and see video of the jumping robot and small nematodes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Studying a leaping, body-bending parasite thinner than a human hair led Georgia Tech engineers to create a soft robot that can hop forward and backward."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInspired by the movements of a small parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can leap 10 feet high even though it doesn\u2019t have legs. The researchers made it after watching high-speed video of nematodes pinching themselves into odd shapes to fling themselves forward and backward.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Inspired by the movements of a small parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. "}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2025-04-23 21:29:12","changed_gmt":"2025-04-28 15:22:21","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676914":{"id":"676914","type":"image","title":"nematode-cover.jpg","body":null,"created":"1745443901","gmt_created":"2025-04-23 21:31:41","changed":"1745443901","gmt_changed":"2025-04-23 21:31:41","alt":"a person\u0027s hand, holding a small soft robot","file":{"fid":"260763","name":"nematode-cover.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/23\/nematode-cover_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/23\/nematode-cover_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1170643,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/23\/nematode-cover_0.jpg?itok=h_z9DTEM"}}},"media_ids":["676914"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003Cbr\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}