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Aerlinthian 
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Subject: And now for something not political and badass
I thought this was going to be a rehash at first but it wasn't.

http://www.wimp.com/jumpingrobot/ (68 seconds)

 

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Subject: And now for something not political and badass
sweet

 

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That's awesome!

What's the jumping mechanism?

thinking

 

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Subject: And now for something not political and badass
paulg_68 posted:
That's awesome!

What's the jumping mechanism?

thinking

looks like the two metal bars go through and around the back of the sand flea. so it can turn them 360, it just does part of it really fast so it can jump.

 

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Ha! Wicked!

 

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That was indeed badass!

 

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Lyndrek posted:
sweet

 

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I saw an article about this earlier today, but seeing the vid is way cooler.

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHCeCKfWyM

 

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Azure-TheBlueOne posted:
That was indeed badass!

 

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Neato! Is it remote controlled?


 

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