The robot is still a ways off — right now it's more like a toy that rides back and forth on a mini half-pipe — but the researchers discovered that the mechanics for good skateboarding ...

Researchers published a paper discussing the use of discrete-time hybrid automata learning to allow robots to complete legged locomotion tasks such as skateboarding.

The robot is still a ways off — right now it’s more like a toy that rides back and forth on a mini half-pipe — but the researchers discovered that the mechanics for good skateboarding ...

A skateboardin' robot made from various bits of consumer electronics? That's internet journalism, my friends.