The Grasshopper Bot

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Researchers built a new bot that can jump 27 times its own height. That's a world record. Learn more about the project. Footage provided by 2008 SAVE/EPFL, images by © 2008 Alain Herzog/EPFL. Produced by Flora Lichtman . Viewed 4975 times.


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