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Salto has been one of our favorite robots since we were first introduced to it in 2016 as a project out of Ron Fearing’s lab ...

Perhaps as a child, you recall gazing at water striders on a lazy summer day. These pond insects appear to, seemingly against all odds, glide across the water—even jumping sometimes. By elucidating ...

Salto, a cute little machine that can leap vertically off walls, could revolutionize search and rescue missions, or at least parkour. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...

A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop.

Locomotion makes things move, and certain forms of locomotion make them move better than others. Those more effective types of locomotion change depending on the environment, which is even more true ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...

There’s a new robot on the block, and it’s a cute, frog-like creation that’s an amazing jumper. Named SALTO and developed in California, the machine stands just about 10 inches tall, but can jump ...

If you think robots involve metal bodies and squeaky hinges, think again. Engineers have designed and built a frog-like jumping robot that incorporates hard and soft parts — and they’ve done it with a ...