BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Researchers in robotics say they're looking at leaping lizards and dinosaurs as sources of inspiration in designing robots with "tails" that are more agile.
University of California, Berkeley, researchers studied how lizards manage to leap successfully even when they slip and stumble, swinging their tail upward to prevent a forward pitch that could send them head-over-heels into a tree.