'Virtually indestructible' four-legged robotic cheetah can run at speeds of up to 9mph

Scurrying across the ground at speeds of up to 9mph, this four-legged robotic 'cheetah' is sure to make you jump. Thanks to modern simulated technology, the researchers said, their mini cheetah robot was able to accumulate 100 days' worth of experience on different grounds in just three hours of actual time. Scurrying across the ground at speeds of up to 9mph, this four-legged robotic 'cheetah' is sure to make you jump It has been developed by engineers at MIT and is even able to rapidly traverse ice and gravel Billed as 'virtually indestructible', they said it had learned how to cross a range of terrain through trial and error It has been almost 25 years since the first robotic animals were created, and since then scientists across the world have revealed examples of walking, dancing and door-opening machines, among others. When it comes to a running robot, as the MIT researchers explain, it can be quite difficult to program it for treacherous terrain Thanks to modern simulated technology, the researchers said, their mini cheetah robot was able to accumulate 100 days' worth of experience on different grounds in just three hours of actual time The researchers said that their particular learning system had been so successful that the robot had broken the record for the fastest run recorded for its specific platform 'Humans run fast on grass and slow down on ice — we adapt. The latest mini cheetah robot reached more than 8.7mph The MIT engineers' robot has been filmed scurrying around at speeds of up to 9mph When asked why getting a robot to run rather than walk was much harder, the researchers said that: 'Achieving fast running requires pushing the hardware to its limits' The previous high speed record was set by the Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory at MIT in 2019, when scientists achieved a top running speed of 8.2mph.