DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt

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pigrabbitbear

on Thursday September 06, 2012 @11:38AM

pigrabbitbear writes "The Boston Dynamics Cheetah just clocked a 28.3 miles per hour sprint on a treadmill, and it’s heading outdoors soon. At that speed, it could edge out the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt in a dead sprint. (Bolt peaked at 27.78 miles per hour in his world record setting 100 meter dash back in 2009.) "To be fair, keep in mind that the Cheetah robot runs on a treadmill without wind drag and has an off-board power supply that it does not carry,” admitted Boston Dynamics in a press release. “So Bolt is still the superior athlete.” Nevertheless, the team hopes to drop these implements and have a freestanding speed bot by early next year. They’re calling that model the WildCat."
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