These robots collaborate in swarm fashion as good as some of nature’s best. Via: MIT Media Lab | Interesting Engineering

The Spanish subsidiary of the German multinational group MANN HUMMEL implemented three collaborative Universal Robots to optimize processes in the manufacture of automotive parts. The cobots, which work side-by-side with operators in precise machine-feeding tasks, have helped the company achieve gains in productivity without adding the cost of more operators or over-producing parts. Learn more -> https://www.universal-robots.com/case-stories/mannplushummel-iberica/ | Universal Robots

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) built a four-legged robot 'cheetah' that can perform a 360-degree backflip from a standing position. Weighing just 20 pounds (9kg), the quadruped has a range of motion that makes it agile and able to pick itself up if knocked over. Footage released by team members Benjamin Katz, Sangbae Kim and Jared Di Carlo shows the mini cheetah being tested on a number of maneuvers, including backflips, jumping, running and standing up again when

MIT builds backflipping four-legged robot cheetah