Funded by the US Army Rapid Equipping Force, the “sand flea” robot has some spring in its step — able to leap almost 10 metres in the air and keep oriented using an on-board stabilisation system.
The US Army’s high jumping ‘sand flea’ robot
Funded by the US Army Rapid Equipping Force, the “sand flea” robot has some spring in its step — able to leap almost 10 metres in the air and keep oriented using an on-board stabilisation system.
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WANT!!
My Robotics students are going to love this!!! Although, navigating their Lego robots around will probably seem mundane thereafter.