How to imitate natural spring-loaded snapping movement without losing energy
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 16:10
in Physics & Chemistry
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 elastic energy in a spring to kinetic energy for high-acceleration, extreme velocity movements as nature does it.