Robotic lizards may play a role in the future of disaster surveillance, researchers imagine

The university researchers built an agile contraption about the size of an average climbing lizard. The machine is nine inches long, weighs under a half-pound, and has legs and feet designed to mimic the way climbing lizards move. It is built primarily from 3-D-printed parts, with joints at the spine so it can slither and joints at the shoulders so its feet can move backward and forward. The feet have pushpins for claws, allowing them to grip into surfaces and release with ease.