Tiny robot can haul 100 times its own weight

[UM-Bot 10,125]

Engineers at Stanford University have developed a tiny robot with some impressive pulling power.

In the animal kingdom ants are well known for their ability to carry objects exceeding several times their own body weight, but now a group of mechanical engineers from California has managed to put together a robot exhibiting a similarly mighty carrying capacity.

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[bubblykiss 9,671]

What makes that tiny ant-bot think it can move that big banana plant?

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Sounds like an expensive and slow way to move sand.

[She-ra 5,181]

That's the cutest little robot thing. Reminds me of a little ant when you see them carrying something 15x their size.

[ancient astronaut 644]

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

[McFakename 158]

I hope they market this for the everyday Joe... I can't count how many times I've tried to move my blue whale from my pool to the pond.

[astralwitch 27]

Aww, its so cute.

[TripGun 223]

Its not what you lift, but how you lift it.

[George Ford 1,294]

Now then can it drag a beer out of the fridge for me, then open it and pour it for me?

[DieChecker 26,227]

Being trained as a mechanical engineer, I find what these robots are doing to be amazing. Dragging large items up the wall!

My thoughts turn to the movie I Robot, where the cars were driving up the outside of buildings.

[BeastieRunner 550]

This is so cool. I hope they put more development into them so we can et bigger versions.