A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a ...

I love me a bio-inspired robot that pulls off challenging feats by taking cues from the natural world. University of California, Berkeley (UCB) researchers have now shown off the one-legged Salto bot ...

This kind of dynamic stability is a trait that squirrels share with one of our favorite robots: Salto. Salto is a jumper too, ...

Salto the jumping robot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe — just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch.

A hopping robot tries to match the agility of squirrels. Can it stick to the landings like nature's parkour experts? Read ...

Researchers have created a strategy allowing a one-legged robot to achieve upright landings after branch-to-branch jumps.

Bottom photo: A one-legged robot, called Salto, was modified to jump from one branch-like perch to another using principles derived from studies of leaping squirrels. (Image credit: Justin Yim).

Squirrels move nimbly by leaping through the treetops. A robot from the University of California wants to do the same.

Inspired by squirrels, scientists built a robot that lands on narrow perches—advancing agile robotics for disasters and space ...