Boston Dynamics Cheetah Robot Breaks Running Land Speed Record

Boston Dynamics unveiled its latest bio-inspired robots, the Cheetah, which has broken the legged-robot land speed record. The Cheetah is capable of galloping at 18 mph (30 kph)!

A more detailed article at ScaryBot.com shows a comparison with a real Cheetah running.

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Biomimetic Underwater Robots

Lobster Robots

Lobster Robots

Dr. Joseph Ayers of Northeastern University and the Marine Science Center has been performing research in biomimetic underwater robots. He has been working on two types of robots: a lobster and a sea lamprey.

More info can be found here: http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog/2007/03/24/biomimetic-underwater-robots/

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