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An apparatus includes a body, an eccentric load, a rotational motor coupled to the body and adapted to rotate the eccentric load, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. At least a portion of the plurality of legs are constructed from a

An apparatus includes a body, an eccentric load, a rotational motor coupled to the body and adapted to rotate the eccentric load, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. At least a portion of the plurality of legs are constructed from a flexible material, are injection molded, are integrally coupled to the body at the leg base, and include at least one driving leg configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising:a body;a rotational motor coupled to the body;an eccentric load, wherein the rotational motor is adapted to rotate the eccentric load;a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base, wherein at least a p

What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising:a body;a rotational motor coupled to the body;an eccentric load, wherein the rotational motor is adapted to rotate the eccentric load;a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of legs are:constructed from a flexible material;integrally coupled to the body at the leg base; andinclude at least one driving leg configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load; andwherein each of the plurality of legs has a diameter of at least five percent of a length of the leg between the leg base and the leg tip and forces from rotation of the eccentric load interact with a resilient characteristic of the at least one driving leg to cause the at least one driving leg to propel the apparatus in a forward direction and to leave a support surface as the apparatus translates in the forward direction.