Say hello to Sand Flea — the latest , slap-up incarnationin Boston Dynamics ’ assembly line of armed forces - fund jumping - bot .
Like thePrecision Urban Hopperbefore it , Sand Flea is an incredibly resilient , remote - ascertain reconnaissance fomite , designed for gathering foe intel for the U.S. Military . The eleven - lb robot was borne out of a coaction between Boston Dynamics ( the company responsible for the unsettlingly awesomeBig DogandPETMAN ) and Sandia National Labs .
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But Sand Flea improves upon the Urban Hopper on two critical item :
1 ) Its CO2 - power plunger can launch it upwards of thirty feet into the air — that outstrip the Hopper ’s hops by more than five foot .
2 ) In the hands of a capable operator , it is reportedly accurate enough to leap through a 2d - account windowpane .
Both of these advances can be line back to Sand Flea ’s young launch scheme , which requires it to block , direct , and rear up before liftoff ( something it can do as many as 25 times before involve a re - up on its CO2 ) .
The Urban Hopper , in contrast , was built to launch on the run , with all four roulette wheel on the earth — albeit at the expense of stability and accuracy . The new , more static launch system also make recording video recording from these piddling recon - bots that much easier . [ ieee spectrum ]
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