A 5 inch worm-like robot can jump 10 feet.

A 5 inch worm-like robot can jump 10 feet. “Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can leap 10 feet high even though it doesn’t have legs. The researchers made it after watching high-speed video of nematodes pinching themselves into odd shapes to fling themselves forward and backward. The researchers describe the soft robot in Science Robotics.” ~ learn more