24-05-2019 16:33 via theverge.com

I would like to adopt this friendly robot pogo stick please

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,
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