Mighty Robots with Power Punches
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Modelling the mechanics of the strongest punch in the animal kingdom, researchers with U.S. Army funding built a robot that mimics the movement of the mantis shrimp. These pugnacious crustaceans could pave the way for small, but mighty robotic devices for the military.
https://www.army.mil/article/250077/small_mighty_robots_mimic_the_powerful_punch_of_mantis_shrimp
Despite being very small Mantis shrimp can deliver a '60-mile-per-hour punch'. A lot of people keep them in fish tanks at home, but they should be kept in reinforced aquariums. Otherwise Mantis shrimp can crack the glass with a punch. Kind of worrying the military want to replicate their punch in robotic form.
If any bullies read this article they would think twice about calling anyone a shrimp
It would be taken as a compliment now
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