The idea of Miniature jumping robots is taking exactly from the animal living around us. A gecko lizard is a perfect example for a jumping balancing Robot, in an experiment, it was seen how gecko lizard can balance landing using the moment of the tail. Another example is a falling cat midair self-righting. These miniature jumping robot are becoming widely used in real life. One cannot expect how useful to use such robot at times where human presence is at danger. Like in the case of wars or natural disaster (as in earth quakes or nuclear like disaster as Fukushima leaks in Japan). The MSU jumper robot is unique in terms of weight and size; however, there is some control problem in the case of landing procedure, as well as self-righting and maneuvering in midair. Designing a controller for MSU jumping robot is challenging, the controller has to response in half a second as the jumping period is close to 2 second, that short period made it almost impossible for the robot to resist uncertainties or unmolded dynamics, as well as changes in the mass of moment of inertia of the body due to change of body shape. We managed to add mini wings to the robot to prolong jumping period and the stabilize landing procedure, as well as to enable the robot to estimate the mass of moment of inertia for the body , and all of that for the controller at the tail to force the body to land on the desired edge. MSU jumper robot has swept greatly throughout robotics media and industry due to the tininess and light weight properties. A light weight that doesn't exceed 28 g and a maximum size of 6.5 cm is what made the robot special in its types of all jumping robots.
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