Thanks to
its cat-modeled legs, EPFL’s four-legged “cheetah-cub robot” is small, light
and the fastest in its category (small quadruped robots under 30Kg): it can run
5 kilometers per hour (3.1 mph) — nearly seven times its body length in one
second. .
Developed
by EPFL’s Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob), biomechanics, the robot will serve
as a platform for research in locomotion and biomechanics.
Although
not as agile as a real cat, it still has excellent auto-stabilization
characteristics when running at full speed or over a course that included
disturbances such as small steps. It’s also extremely light, compact, and
robust and can be easily assembled from materials that are inexpensive and
readily available.
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