Consider too the publication this research appeared in. Science Robotics is concerned with the scientific underpinnings of robotics, which in this case was the

Consider too the publication this research appeared in. Science Robotics is concerned with the scientific underpinnings of robotics, which in this case was the new ideas about how robots can jump. I could slap an off the shelf stereo SLAM system on the robot, but that's just solving an integration problem instead of doing the science.