Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kod*Lab have created a robot that leaps. Named X-RHex-Light, the six-legged robot is the test-bed for the lab’s "Toward a Vocabulary of Legged Leaping”. The goal of the research project is to give robots greater ability to navigate terrain that may contain gaps and sheer cliffs.
Watch a Couple Videos of the Robot In Action:
X-RHex Jumping:
X-RHex Traversing Various Terrain
Image and Video Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania