BionicKangaroo

{{short description|Biomimetic robot}}

BionicKangaroo is a robot model developed and made by Festo in the form of a kangaroo.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/842afb31-4110-4155-97ce-45a8f38a1452 |title=Meet the Jumping, Bionic Kangaroo Robot |author= |website=www.bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg News |access-date=2015-04-17}} Applying methods from kinematics, bionics, and biomimetics, Festo's researchers and engineers studied the way kangaroos move, and applied that to the design of a robot that moves in a similar way. The robot saves energy from each jump and applies it to its next jump, much as a real kangaroo does.{{cite web |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/festo-newest-robot-is-a-hopping-bionic-kangaroo |title=Festo's Newest Robot Is a Hopping Bionic Kangaroo |last1=Ackerman |first1=Evan |date=2 Apr 2014 |website=IEEE |publisher=IEEE Spectrum |access-date=17 Apr 2014}}