MIT's Cheetah robot has finally been let off the leash -- and boy can it run. Watch as it bounds across a grass field, and even jumps over a hurdle. It isn't quite up to the evolutionary magnificence ...

The latest version of MIT’s Cheetah robot made its stage debut today at TC Sessions: Robotics in Cambridge, Mass. It’s a familiar project to anyone who follows the industry with any sort of regularity ...

A lot of robots in development are able to perform amazing feats in a laboratory setting when they’ve got plenty of tethers and cables keeping them perpetually powered and safe. The real test of their ...

While a cheetah can run as fast as 70 mph to 75 mph, the researchers expect the robotic cheetah to reach speeds of up to 30 mph. Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT MIT's new project moves with the grace, speed ...

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 ...

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Researchers at the Boston Dynamics have done it again, setting the record for the fastest running robot on four legs. The last fastest four-legged robot set the record in 1981 with running speed of 13 ...