When you think about it, there’s no reason for robots to look like humans, or even like robots! A delightful bouncing bot named Salto shows why. It’s modeled after the galago, or Senegalese bush baby — a tiny primate with powerful legs that can leap meters into the air. And, like bush babies, Salto is perfect: truly, a robot I would love to call my own.
Alas, there’s only one Salto and it’s the work of researchers at UC Berkely. Since it was first unveiled in 2016, it’s been slowly upgraded by its human creators, and with the latest iteration, announced this week, Salto is now capable of bouncing for up to 10 minutes at a time and roaming around the outside world.
Previous versions of Salto were confined to the lab, where…
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