Final thoughts
Future iterations and lesson learned
In all, our robot did jump but not quite as high as we expected. From a simple energy balance, we estimated our mechanism to be able to jump
where h is the jump height, m is the mass,
Acknowledgments
We'd like to thank our TAs, Connor and Aayush, for their assistance in designing and troubleshooting and for always being quick to help. We'd also like to thank the staff at TIW for helping us locate tools and for assisting us while using the laser cutters and 3D printers.