How to imitate natural spring-loaded snapping movement without losing energy Date: September 3, 2020 Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Summary: Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and ...
Animals can simplify the brain control of their limb movements by moving a joint with just one muscle that operates against a spring made of the almost perfect elastic substance called resilin. This ...
AMHERST, Mass. - Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too - they discovered a way of efficiently converting ...