Watching this video of the Precision Urban Hopper jumping over a fence, makes my inner kid all giddy and excited. It also makes my outer nerd wet. It has been invented by Boston Dynamics, the creators of the scary BigDog.
https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651
The Precision Urban Hopper—developed for DARPA—is a GPS-guided robot designed for exploration of urban warfare environments. It has a piston-actuated leg that will launch it over any obstacle up to 25 feet (7.5 meters) high. For the record: The piston-actuated leg should be obligatory in every single RC car, skateboard, and Converse shoe from now on. Who is with me? Write to your congressman now, damnit. [BBC News]
