Marsupial Robots Ain't Cuddly, But They Are Totally Brilliant

If you want to put an eye out, by all means, fly a quadcopter indoors. Shred the houseplants and ruin the linens. Give the dog a complex. After all, they'd be immensely useful for, say, decommissioning chemical and energy plants by providing a view of overhead pipes and such that terrestrial rovers can't reach. Rescue roboticist Robin Murphy of Texas A&M may have solved this problem--with marsupials.