水上行走机器人问世 模仿水黾水上漂（Robots on the water come out and imitate Shui Minshuishangpiao）.docVIP

水上行走机器人问世 模仿水黾水上漂（Robots on the water come out and imitate Shui Minshuishangpiao） Robots on the water come out and imitate Shui Minshuishangpiao Sina Technology News Beijing on July 12th news, according to physicist organization network reported that recently, the United States Carnegie Mellon university two researchers: mechanical engineering doctoral student Song Yanwu (Yun Seong Song) and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Metin Siti developed the worlds first water strider can imitate float Kung Fu robot. The robot can walk on water either appearance or design are similar to the water strider: it will not damage the surface tension, and has high operability and flexibility. In the water on Ling Bo. the water strider may never leave their footprints on the land, in fact, they are not what swimmer. About 1 million years ago, the insects made the greatest possible use of surface tension to balance their bodies with only 0.01 grams. Whether in the ocean or lakes and ponds, they can be described as truly imprisoned three words. And the other can float on the water surface robot is different, a small robot developed Song Yanwu and Siti weight is light, and has a long leg, so that it can make full use of surface tension, and then keep afloat. By contrast, large bodies of water robots have to rely on buoyancy, which depends on their size. According to the predictions of two researchers, this small robot may be used for environmental monitoring by wireless communication. In addition, they can also be used for educational and recreational purposes. Siti said: the machine water strider - we call it the surface tension of the robotic insect dynamics detector - to be able to walk in shallow water only 3 to 4 meters deep. Their power and agility (speed and flexibility) will greatly exceed the related small robot on water, due to the relative buoyancy on any robot machine, water strider legs by the resistance is smaller. As the West was pointed out, if the machine