Adorable robot bounds like an excited puppy: Ghost Minitaur can run, jump, open doors and even climb fences

Bounding around like an excitable puppy, this amazing four legged robot can open doors and even climb over fences by itself. The Ghost Minitaur can be programmed with a series of different gaits from bounding, trotting, and walking to something called pronking – the kind of four-legged spring seen in gazelles. The miniature robot, which measures just 1.3 feet long (40cm) – about the same as a small dog – has a top speed when running of just 4.5 mph. The team behind the Minitaur are currently selling them for around 10,000 a go but they hope to reduce the price as demand increases. The developers have used a series of direct drive electric motors and some custom electronics to allow the robot to move in a range of different ways.