Most robots use wheels for movement, with newer bio-inspired ones trying to accomplish bipedalism. Salto-1P, a robot built in Berkeley’s Biomimetics lab, was inspired by saltatorial animals. Its one unique leg, modeled after the galago, instantaneously uses up stored energy to perform a string of jumps. Its jumping locomotion allows it to travel across complex terrains that wheeled or traditionally legged robots can’t cross, such as large gaps or obstacles, and surfaces with low or high friction. With high levels of acceleration, and the ability to jump off of surfaces and walls, it can transverse its environment in unprecedented ways.
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