Sticking the perfect landing can take years of practice for a human gymnast, and it seems the same is true for little monopedal jumping robots. Salto-1P, an old acquaintance here on Hackaday ...

[Trandi] can check ‘build a self-balancing ... he built said robot, and, in his own words, managed not to over-design it. It even kept the attention of his 2-year-old son for several minutes ...

In a test of 60 jumps, the robot made a perfectly controlled landing 52 times, sat back on its "heel" five times, and fell over just three. Controlling the landing has hugely boosted Salto's jumping ...