MIT's Mini Cheetah Looks Slightly Drunk as It Learns to Sprint on Different Terrain
17 Mar 2022, 19:10 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / MIT researchers have given their robotic mini cheetah the ability to run. The robot looks a bit drunk when it sprints, but it gets the job done
Leaping Mini Cheetah from MIT Yet Another Watershed Moment in Robotic Horror
20 Oct 2021, 22:04 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / They say that while those sorts of bounding movements may look effortless when a cheetah accomplishes them, getting a robot to move that way is difficult
Robot Dog Makes Short Work of FedEx Boxes Maze, Guides Blindfolded Man
10 Apr 2021, 07:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Cheetah robot is used by scientists from the University of California, Berkeley as a guide dog
Formula E Car Racing a Real Cheetah Is a Different Kind of Drag Race
28 Nov 2017, 14:58 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The Formula E organizers decided to put a different spin on their racing championship and focus on the environmentalist side of the series
Boston Dynamics CEO Describes Every Robot, Calls the Employees "Proud Parents"
19 Sep 2016, 14:50 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Meet the extended Boston Dynamics family: there's BigDog, AlphaDog, LittleDog, Spot, and Atlas. And God knows how many more lethal models we don't know of
Cheetah, the Ill-fated Cobra Killer
26 May 2011, 16:48 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) production class championship races were stormed in 1962 by the introduction of the now fabled Cobra. Originally called the AC Cobra and then the Shelby Cobra, ...
VW Golf VI Subliminal Animal Commercial
20 Jul 2009, 15:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The new commercial spot from Volkswagen for their Golf VI model features a crippled cheetah. Yes, you heard that right. The VW commercial begins with a wild life reporter from the African savannah a...