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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This post was written by admin on March 9, 2012
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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This post was written by admin on September 19, 2008
