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No video yet, but this looks really interesting – “Inspired by the strange motion of the basilisk lizard, Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineers have built a tiny robot that can sprint across land and water with equal aplomb.” [via] – Link.

Related:

  • Water Runner Robot – Link.
  • How “Jesus Lizards” walk on water – Link.

BY Phillip Torrone

Editor at large - Make magazine. Creative director - Adafruit Industries, contributing editor - Popular Science. Previously: Founded - Hack-a-Day, how-to editor - Engadget, Director of product development - Fallon Worldwide, Technology Director - Braincraft.

One Response to Robot walks on water

  1. palmisano on said:

    Videos and the paper for the jesus lizard robot have been posted online here:

    http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_jesus_lizard.shtml

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