MIT researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding that they’ve successfully implemented in a robotic cheetah. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/1uHoltW)
The key to the bounding algorithm is in programming each of the robot’s legs to exert a certain amount of force in the split second during which it hits the ground, in order to maintain a given speed: In general, the faster the desired speed, the more force must be applied to propel the robot forward. In experiments the robot sprinted up to 10 mph and MIT researchers estimate the robot may eventually reach speeds of up to 30 mph.
The MIT Cheetah 2 contains the custom electric motor designed by Jeffrey Lang, the Vitesse Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT and the amplifier designed by David Otten, a principal research engineer in MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics.
This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
MIT Cheetah robot 2 run fast and jump high
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Video: Melanie Gonick, MIT News
Additional footage: Hae-Won Park and José-Luis Olivares
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i hate robots, sooner or later robots will be used against us.
Looks like Wild Cat from Boston Dynamics, but big difference: no
hydraulics, no combustion engine. And it’s only about 30% slower – so
far…
Some people call him scary, but I find him pretty cute actually.
Imagine this on a larger scale & carrying a weapon.
It’s nearly 2015 and this is the best we can do? You dare think yourself
smart for making a robot that runs at 10 mph?
*MIT’s Robot Cheetah Is No Longer Bound to the Treadmill*
“Two years ago, MIT researchers showcased the first run of its
cheetah-inspired robot, which could run 5.1 miles per hour, but only on a
treadmill.
Now, the team there has significantly improved the robot’s capabilities. It
can run twice as fast (10 mph), jump over 13-inch obstacles, and is no
longer tethered to the treadmill.”
Read more at Mashable: http://mashable.com/2014/09/16/robot-cheetah-freed/
More info from MIT:
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/mit-cheetah-robot-runs-jumps-0915
it’s cool, until it starts humping your leg
+Leo Dorsey reminds me of big dog. i like big dog better though
MIT Robotic Cheetah
I thought this was Japan cause they’re all Asian but apparently it’s
Massachusetts.
MIT Robotic Cheetah: http://youtu.be/XMKQbqnXXhQ
not gonna lie thats a pretty pathetic excuse for a cheetah haha
I love how they had to add ‘actual cheetah’
interesting presentation of Cheetah
Boston Dynamics got a cheetah that can run 28.3 mph.
All these advances and still no common sense.
Wait till I expose my robot. It will shit on DARPA.
Only runs up to 10mph so far, but it’s fully electric, custom designed from
the ground up #MIT #Robotics #Engineering http://youtu.be/XMKQbqnXXhQ
“How it works?”
Very slowly, apparently.
Thats a rabbit :/
You call that a cheetah? Is not even near the speed of a jaguar…
the real human like walking/running robots are be designed behind closed
doors.
you will not see that on youtube soon
If you didnt know it was a cheetah you might think it is a pug.
It just needs longer strides, then it will be faster.
comeon the legs are linear, wtf, what do they do with that money
boston dynamics did it furst