Also, the fabric from which the costumes are made is treated with a water repellant.

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Using porous, super water-repellant nickel foam to fabricate the three supporting and two jumping legs, the group made a robot that could leap more than 5.5 inches, despite weighing as much as 1, 100 water striders.

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