Boston Dynamics continue their pursuit to create robots modelled after the creatures of earth, in the process scaring anyone with eyes by showing a glimpse of a potential world where mankind is caught ...

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Funded by the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, the Sand Flea is an 11-pound robot that can jump 30 feet into the air. An onboard stabilization system keeps it oriented during flight to improve the ...

What can you see at the beach? Sunsets, crashing waves, shells, sea turtles… and fleas. And some of these sand fleas aren’t so harmless; outside of the U.S., one such insect is responsible for disease ...

In 2012, US engineering and robotics design company Boston Dynamics released a video of "Sand Flea", a wheeled, GPS-guided, unmanned ground robot the size of a shoebox. Sand Flea could launch itself ...