MIT cheetah robot has no problem with hurdles (video)

Posted on Friday, May 29 2015 @ 15:38 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

MIT researchers show off world's first robot that can jump over hurdles as it runs:

In a leap for robotic 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.

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