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Salto - Saltatorial Locomotion On Terrain Obstacles

Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built

Roboticists have designed a small robot that can leap into the air and then spring off a wall, or perform multiple vertical jumps in a row, resulting in the highest robotic vertical jumping agility ever recorded. Ref. Source 9y.

Obstacles Terrain Locomotion Saltatorial Salto

I can see a lot of military applications for Salto. I think that is the key for robotics - start small. These life sized robots are difficult to handle and more inclined towards where gravity will take them.