This bionic spider can curl up and do somersaults

German automation company Festo has a history of making kooky robotic versions of wildlife. It has previously constructed a kangaroo, an elephant trunk, and ants, and now, it has come up with a walking, rolling robot spider as well as a robotic flying fox, as spotted by IEEE Spectrum.
If the idea of a rolling spider seems terrible, let me cement your fears and assure you this robot is based on the very real flic-flac spider, which lives in the Sahara and escapes predators with cartwheels and fl