In a leap for robot development, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs—making th... Read more
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass. Speed and agility are hallmarks of the cheetah: The big predator is the fastest land animal on Earth, able... Read more
This robot is the fastest in its category Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL’s four-legged “cheetah-cub robot” has the same advantages as its mode... Read more
Bots of Burden The latest are the roachlike RHex and four-wheeled hopping Sand Flea. A mechanical cheetah might not be far behind Three of the U.S. military’s newest recruits reported... Read more
The military hopes that improved robot mobility will enable robots to assist across a broader range of missions It’s been a very little over a year since Boston Dynamics was awa... Read more