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Ripple bugs are aquatic insects that can dart across flowing streams with mesmerizing speed and agility. Using high-speed cameras, UC Berkeley biologist Víctor Ortega Jiménez studies the fan structures that these bugs use to dance on water. The fans’ ability to passively expand when submerged and contract when removed from the water inspired collaborators at Ajou University to design a similar water striding robot.
Read the paper here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv2792
00:00 Introduction to ripple bugs
00:59 Meet Víctor Ortega Jiménez
01:32 Victor’s research
02:31 How to visualize ripple bug movements
03:21 Ripple bug physiology
04:53 Inspiring roboticists
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