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The robotic cheetah MIT has been working on can now autonomously detect and jump over obstacles while running at 5 miles per hour. Anthony Domanico CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate about ...

A few years ago, the MIT Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory, who designed the Cheetah Robot, set a new speed record by reaching speeds of 28.3 mph. This week, MIT has unveiled that they have now taught ...

If a robot is going to be tiny, then it better have a way of getting around the many obstacles that will block its way. A new type of robot takes a unique approach to doing so, by jumping like a click ...

A car capable of jumping over obstacles at speeds exceeding 75 mph (120 km/h), without a driver: this is not science fiction, but a technological reality brought to you by BYD. Its electric "supercar, ...