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Hopper Bot Leaps 25-foot Fences in a Single Bound

ground level robot nr Hopper Bot Leaps 25 foot Fences in a Single BoundThis video is from TechRepublic. It shows a robot developed by Boston Dynamics and Sandia National Laboratories for the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It’s easy to imagine the military uses for this thing. The landing looks a bit tough for a manned ride-along.

Here is a link to Sandia’s article on the robotic jumping jackaroo.

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