NewsTechA hopping robot shows off its squirrel-like skillsThe robot can take flying leaps and adjust its landing just like squirrels do A one-legged robot can hop from one narrow pipe to another and land balanced, like a squirrel leaping between branches.Justin K. YimBy Meghan Rosen1 hour agoSalto the robot is acting a little squirrelly.The jumping bot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch. Its the first time scientists have been able to get arobot to land balanced on such a tiny target, says engineer Justin Yim, whose team reported the results March 19 inScience Robotics.Weve been inspired by squirrels, says Yim, who worked on the project at the University of California, Berkeley and is now at theUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.