article_snippet: A new robot that moves just like a salamander has been created by engineers.
article_snippet: On the other hand, salamanders are a good living analog for the first tetrapods that made the transition from water to land. '
article_snippet: A short-ribbed salamander is pictured .
highlights_snippet: Engineers studied how sharp-ribbed salamanders move using X-ray videos .
  
highlights_snippet: The robotic salamander is able to walk and swim just like the real creature .
  
highlights_snippet: Called Pleurobot, The robotic salamander has 27 joints capable of moving independently .
  
highlights_snippet: The robotic salamander could be used to help study how extinct creatures like dinosaurs moved .
  