Editing Robot locomotion (section)

===Brachiating===
{{see also|Brachiation}}
Brachiation allows robots to travel by swinging, using energy only to grab and release surfaces.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-18|title=Video: Brachiating 'Bot Swings Its Arm Like An Ape|url=https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-05/video-gibbot-brachiating-bot-swings-its-arm-ape/|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Popular Science|language=en-US}}</ref> This motion is similar to an ape swinging from tree to tree. The two types of brachiation can be compared to bipedal walking motions (continuous contact) or running (ricochetal). Continuous contact is when a hand/grasping mechanism is always attached to the surface being crossed; ricochetal employs a phase of aerial "flight" from one surface/limb to the next.