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   Leonardo: The Skateboarding, Slacklining Robot   
      
   Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines   
   walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it   
   exceptionally nimble and capable of complex movements.   
      
   Part walking robot, part flying drone, the newly developed LEONARDO   
   (short for LEgs ONboARD drOne, or LEO for short) can walk a slackline,   
   hop, and even ride a skateboard. Developed by a team at Caltech's   
   Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST), LEO is the   
   first robot that uses multi-joint legs and propeller-based thrusters   
   to achieve a fine degree of control over its balance.   
      
   A paper about the LEO robot was published online on October 6 and is   
   featured on the October 2021 cover of Science Robotics.   
      
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhpMlI8jb5o   
      
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