Jumping robot makes light of obstacles

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926666.400?DCMP=youtube

A new robot with wheels has also been designed to jump over obstacles.

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[kronknroll]

i need this in my car...so i can jump over the police barricades when they chase me...

[naruto1mil]

....Ok, Is anyone else making a little "boing" sound effect each time the robot jumps?

[pappapaps]

@boxiness Yeah true just around several. perhaps give or take a few

[boxiness]

Cool concept but practically speaking, I doubt 2 cans of air can last more than several jumps.

[Shocker9]

What is this robot called?

[MegaChelonia]

Whoa... Look at the cans on that thing.

[MrIntoxicatedPenguin]

@kronknroll GTA mod in progress ;) Im kidding sadly >_<

[doubledh1]

@CloudWatcherX i believe "will it blend" was a show on tv or the internet, where regardless of what an object was (ex transformers toy, cell phones), it was thrown into a blender to see what happens to it. i think the joke on robots is that it's a funny thought that "robots can do anything," but they pose the question, "will it blend?"

[ArcadeGames]

I have the urge to drink some Seven Up now...

[CloudWatcherX]

interesting. by the way i see the question "will it blend" on so many robot videos, i dont get it what does that mean?

[arky3000]

yeah yeah yeah its great but if it jumps over a wall it doesnt know if theres mud or stuff.... well hate to break it to u, but neither do we if the wall was a comparible size to humans

[Assi2004]

they can build such a robot and yet dont get the camera to be focused

nor use footage that is correctly focused?

well done?

i dont think so.

thats like a rocket bringing ur stuff into orbit

but crashing its payload coz they didnt tie it down