Robot offers lessons in how lizards use their tails in flight: Scientists study red-headed Agama lizards — and a tailed robot they created, dubbed Tailbot — to discover how a lizard’s tail helps stabilize the reptile while jumping.

I, for one, welcome our new ROBOT LIZARD OVERLORDS.

Photo: This image provided by the journal Nature shows a red-headed Agama lizard that researchers studied as part of their investigation of how the reptile’s tail aids it while leaping. Credit: Nature

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