This Tiny Robot Can Pull Weights 2000 Times Heavier Than It | Gizmodo

by Adriana Hamacher

27 April 2015

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Scientists from Stanford have developed a series of super-small, super strong robots–including this one, that can haul up to 52 pounds, despite weighing less than half an ounce. That’s like you pulling a blue whale.

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Adriana Hamacher Associate Editor at Robohub and the UK's Knowledge Transfer Network and a contributor to Economist Insights

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