1.read the article here
2. click "comments" and where it says "comment as" select "anonymous" from drop down menu, in your comment be sure to include full name and period
2. post a comment that both summarizes the article and relates it to chapter 18 and 19 material, be sure to make connections between the article and what you are learning,
just summarizing will not gain you full credit.
Comment is due by Monday May 23 by 8am sharp.
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ReplyDeleteCire Loo Period 5
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about the new feats in micro engineering. The scientist at Stanford University engineered a micro robot that is capable of hauling nearly 2,000 times its own weight, seeing that the robot only weighs 12 grams. When they studied the ant, they observed that when ants need to carry something heavy, they need to get good traction. But they could not duplicate the way that the ants were able to get traction, so they instead observed a geckos foot and pull inspiration from there. This relates to Newtons third law of action reaction, when the robot presses down on a surface, the surface in response is also applying pressure back which allows the robot to get the grip it needs to pull a heavy amount of weight.
Hannah Lauaki (Period 5 ) After reading this article that the scientist put the different robots into teams. Each group initially had two robots, then three, then four. The researchers kept adding one and testing the group until they had tested six Scarabs (walking and running), six μTugs and 20 Nanos.But the most successful teamed robots were μTugs. When working together, six of these could pull six times more than one μTug alone. This is due to their adhesive feet, which allows the microrobots to synchronize their pulling. In fact, those six μTugs pulled Christensen’s 1,800-kilogram (almost 4,000-pound) 2014 Chevy Volt.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article I assume that in the article it speaks about a scientist was inspired by ants on how they can move things many times their size so he created tiny microbots to act as such magnificent creatures and the experiment was a success as the tiny microbots transported a car it took them approximately one minute to move the car twelve centimeters and that is really strong to do so.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article I assume that in the article it speaks about a scientist was inspired by ants on how they can move things many times their size so he created tiny microbots to act as such magnificent creatures and the experiment was a success as the tiny microbots transported a car it took them approximately one minute to move the car twelve centimeters and that is really strong to do so.
ReplyDeleteMadeline Wihongi (period 7)
ReplyDeleteIn this article it talks about how David Christensen and mechanical engineers at Stanford University built 29 1.1inch long robots. Their idea and inspiration for this idea came from ants who can carry food/materials much more than their weight by pressing force onto the ground with their feet and geckos who have adhesive feet allowing them to have a stronger grip to whatever surface they may be on. Running many tests and data on different types of micro robots and the one they found to be the strongest was the Tug bot. Six of these 1.1inch bots were able to move a car about 5 inches in one minute. In class we talk were talking a lot about friction which is the resistance to motion of one object moving relative to another. So much like the robots moving a car, if the friction is absent than the car would move in motion without the micro robots having to do any work.
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Deletedestin camit(period4)
ReplyDeleteafter reading this article. it talks about a microrobot that has the ability to to pull objects 2,000 times its own weight. in the article it talks about ants and how they have gel on the bottom on there feet but on the bottom of lizzard feet. they have brittals.
Sol Victor Lima Pd.5
ReplyDeleteAs you read this article, we can conclude that the work of ants together, they can move something much weight your weight. With the addition of the forces produced by the ants, they can make something heavy to move. What happens to the microrobots is something similar to the work of ants, but used the mechanism. So the more micorobots work together, they will join forces something like six times more than only 1 micorobots. They can move something very heavy, but clear in their time. Recalling that the robots today are increasingly present on the day, some even are replacing human work, then it is a serious thing working technology and physics.
Viceson Galeai period 7
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how a group of scientists were inspired by ants to create a small robot or microbots to carry something that weighed much more heavier. The scientist discovered that not only did they have to create microbots that could work well together but microbots that had good traction. Ants did this by pushing their feet down harder, the heavier their item they were carrying the harder they pushed their feet down. So scientist needed to figure out a way to create microbots with better traction. The microbots that worked the best were the ones that were synchronized and had adhesive feet. This article relates to our lesson on Newtons third law, with every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Every time the microbot pushes its weight down the ground does the same in return making the traction better so the microbot is able to move easier on the surface carrying a heavy weight.
i like how the valocity of the little ants can move things twice there size that is just like the artical how the scientist is inspired by the ants to move very big things so when he went make the microbots that could move the car i thought that was very cool
ReplyDeletethe article talks about how scientists are fascinated on how insects are able to move things that are many more times their weight. 6 of the microdots were able to move a car about 5 inches in one minute. The article relates to newtons third law (with every action there is an equal and opposite reaction). the robot pushes on the floor and this helps the traction of the bot moving foward.
ReplyDeletekaniela jones (period 5)
In this article they talk about how scientist were inspired to by ants to create microbots that can carry something 10x its weight. The microbots worked well together and had good traction. Making it easier to move they made the microbots easier to move and be able to move their adhesive feet. This relates to Newtons third law, with every action their is an equal and opposite reaction. Everytime the microbot pushes down the traction makes it easier for them to move on the surgace with such a heavy weight.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how scientists use the law of motion to make little ant robots move things way heavier than themselves. It talks about their fascination with these robots and how they make them do what they do like with the traction that makes it easier for them to move on the surface with things more than two times heavier.
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