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 ...

3D printers have become a staple in most makerspaces these days, enabling hackers to rapidly produce simple mechanical prototypes without the need for a dedicated machine shop. We’ve seen many ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass (AP) - A team of researchers at MIT have created a 70 pound cheetah robot that can run and jump on its own power. Developers hope the mechanics behind the battery-powered animal will ...

When we first met the Cheetah, a four-legged robot built by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the machine was, frankly, not all that fascinating. Sure, it could run pretty ...

It's one thing to make a robot that can run around, but what about one that can do it blind? MIT's new Cheetah 3 quadrupedal robot answers that question by covering rough terrain in leaps, pounces and ...

If a robot that can run, jump and climb isn't your thing, maybe one that can do backflips is. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently unveiled a new video of its Mini Cheetah robot, ...

Machine Design talks with Sangbae Kim, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about his work on the MIT Cheetah. This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when ...

Chipmakers like Nvidia and Qualcomm have been busy building products to bring vision intelligence to robots, but in some scenarios, robots may be better off relying on other capabilities to navigate ...

Many robots depend on cameras and other visual sensors to find their way around the world. But that's not always realistic -- it can be too dark, too chaotic or even play tricks. Thankfully, MIT is ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It’s a robot unlike any other: inspired by the world’s fastest land animal, controlled by video game technology and packing nifty sensors — including one used to maneuver drones, ...

Robot’s lightweight, high-power design is the perfect platform to share and play, developers say. Video: http://youtu.be/xNeZWP5Mx9s Story/images: http://news.mit ...