Stickman Explores the Physics of Flying Through the Air

Disney Research is teaching this skinny robot how to perform a variety of somersaulting stuntsImage: Disney ResearchThis is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has a signature move that is named after her because she is the only woman on earth capable of performing it. The move starts as a layout double flip, but more than halfway through suddenly develops a twist that rota