What’s special about Bossa Nova’s Prime-8 robot? Well, it’s a $100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute’s $20,000 all-terrain RHex robot. And this one is for kids. Both Prime-8 and Penbo are the launch products for Bossa Nova Robotics, a spinoff of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute. The goal was to take awesome robotics out of the lab and put it in the hands of real people. Like you and me.

It’s the fastest bipedal toy ever. Hit the link to learn more about the bot