A new Robot built at UC Berkeley is out to prove that size doesn't matter when it comes to leaping into the air. The Saltatorial Locomotion on Terrain Obstacles (or SALTO) robot might be compact, but that hasn't stopped it from boasting what is described as the highest vertical jumping agility of any robot, with the ability to bounce off walls thanks to a mechanism inspired by a certain tree-hopping primate.
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