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11-lb Robot Can Jump 30 Feet Into the Air

Posted by Soulskill on from the there-goes-the-neighborhood dept.

Ruvim writes "Boston Dynamics has developed a 'Sand Flea' 11-lb robot that drives like an RC car, but when it needs to, it can jump 30 feet into the air. An onboard stabilization system keeps it oriented during flight to improve the view from the video uplink and to control landings."

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  1. It's cool by roman_mir · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's a nice RC toy, but how is it a robot? Just having a receiver, an electric motor to drive and some spring mechanism and a person controlling it over radio makes a robot?

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