Thanks to the design of its legs, which faithfully mimic feline
morphology, EPFL's four-legged "cheetah-cub robot" shares the
advantages of its biological model: it is small, light and runs very
fast. In the long term, this type of machine, which is still in an
experimental stage, could be used in search and rescue missions or for
exploration.
And now the DARPA version:
Cheetah Robot is a fast-running quadruped developed by Boston Dynamics
with funding from DARPA. It just blazed past its previous speed record,
getting up to 28.3 mph (45 kmh), about 0.5 mph faster than Usain Bolt's fastest
20 meter split. This version of the Cheetah Robot runs on a treadmill
with offboard power. Testing on an untethered outdoor version starts
early next year.
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