2019年3月4日 · MIT's new mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. At only 20 pounds, the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain about twice as fast as an average person's walking speed.

MIT Biomimetic Robotics Lab 以 MIT Cheetah 3, MIT Cheetah 2, MIT Cheetah Mini 闻名。 之前 lab 成员 Benjamin Katz 在他的硕士论文 中开源了 MIT Cheetah Mini 电机驱动器, 连接12个电机与机载电脑的中心板(SPIne)的代码和硬件： 约一个月前他们居然开源了在 Cheetah Mini 上运行的所 …

2024年3月7日 · 麻省理工学院 四足机器人（MIT Cheetah）是由麻省理工学院（MIT）的 生物启发工程实验室 （Bioinspired Lab）研发的一款具有高性能的四足机器人。其主要目标是模拟猎豹的运动方式，以达到高速、高效及稳定的运动表现。

MIT researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding that they've successfully implemented in a robotic cheetah.

2013年3月8日 · A 70-pound “cheetah” robot designed by MIT researchers may soon outpace its animal counterparts in running efficiency: In treadmill tests, the researchers have found that the robot — about the size and weight of an actual cheetah — wastes very little energy as it trots continuously for up to an hour and a half at 5 mph.

In a leap for robot development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously.

The Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory at MIT focuses on designing and controlling robots using insights taken from the natural world. Many animals have fun and can display incredible feats of speed and agility that are sources of inspiration for the robots designed by the group.

Mini Cheetah is a small, agile four-legged robot that can run and do backflips. It is robust and has powerful actuators, allowing researchers to perform experiments and test new controllers without fear of breaking the robot.

Abstract: This paper introduces a new robust, dynamic quadruped, the MIT Cheetah 3. Like its predecessor, the Cheetah 3 exploits tailored mechanical design to enable simple control strategies for dynamic locomotion and features high-bandwidth proprioceptive actuators to manage physical interaction with the environment.

The first generation cheetah robot now rivals biological systems with a cost-of-transport of 0.51, unprecedented for robotic legged systems. The key to this advancement has been clever mechanical design coupled with new electrical motors having optimal torque density.