Engineers developing space exploration robots drew inspiration from the common squirrel for their latest cutting-edge bot design, which they say could also help in search and rescue missions during ...

Salto the robot is acting a little squirrelly. The jumping bot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe ­­­— just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch. It’s the first time scientists ...

Researchers and engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, developed a robot named Salto, inspired by squirrels, that can jump from branch to branch and land on narrow perches while ...

With a tiny computer brain, inertial sensors, and a counter-balance, the SALTO robot navigates on one powerful leaping leg. (Kelsey D. Atherton / YouTube Screenshot) Outside of fiction, robots are ...

It's called "Salto-1P" and it's a "monopedal jumping robot capable of continuous high-power hopping". It's now playing hopscotch. Mark Serrels is an award-winning Senior Editorial Director focused on ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. When you think about it, there’s no reason for robots to look like humans, or even like robots!