Extended Data Fig. 4: Spring-actuated engineered jumper simulations.
From: Engineered jumpers overcome biological limits via work multiplication
a, The produced energy specific to the jumper mass. b, The centre-of-mass kinetic energy, specific to the jumper mass. c, The acceleration time. The simulations are performed for spring mass ratios of ranging from 0.001–10. A lower mass ratio lowers the produced energy specific to the total mass and also imposes an upper bound on size, as smaller springs cannot match larger weight forces. The acceleration time scales nearly linearly with the size, and bigger springs create faster jumps.
