Robot Jumps Off of Walls Like an Acrobat

[Still Waters]

The robots over at UC Berkeley are bouncing off the walls. Literally.

Engineers in the university's robotics program have designed a small and extremely agile robot that uses an entirely different form of locomotion than anything previously built. Dubbed Salto, the little bot can make multiple vertical jumps in sequence, bouncing off walls and other surfaces to climb to several meters into the air.

Salto, which stands for "saltatorial locomotion on terrain obstacles," has a pretty impressive first jump. Standing at a little over 10 inches tall, and weighing in at 3.5 ounces, it can jump more than three feet straight up from a standstill.

http://www.seeker.com/this-robot-jumps-off-of-walls-like-an-acrobat-2132006148.html