Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology describe the new robot they just built and unveiled as “powerful, robust and inexpensive.” Among its abilities, the robot can run, walk and (sigh) execute a perfect backflip upon command. This is either an impressive display of mechanical engineering prowess or a worrisome development, depending on your point of view.
This is also the first time a four-legged robot has been built with the ability to backflip, which you can see occur in the clip above. The robot crouches down a bit, then shoves itself into the air.
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No one asked for it, but researchers built another back-flipping robot anyway originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 22:05:50 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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