A Robot Cheetah! Wicked!!!

Whoa!

Okay, I just found something stellar! Apparently Boston Dynamics is working on creating a humanoid modeled after a cheetah. It would be the fasted (four)-legged robot in the world! They've already created the headless humanoid PETMAN and the Big Dog robts, and now they have gotten two more grants to
create this "cheetah."

They want it to be able to climb, turn sideways in order to sidle through narrow spaces, and even use its hands! Right now they only expect it to move at 20-30 miles per hour but they are thinking that it will eventually be able to run just as fast as an actual cheetah.

Interested? You know I am! :) I think this is really cool! If you want to read the article for yourself, here you are:


http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-02/darpa-wants-boston-dynamics-build-robotic-cheetah-fastest-legged-robot-world