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DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

pigrabbitbear writes "The Boston Dynamics Cheetah just clocked a 28.3 miles per hour sprint on a treadmill, and it's heading outdoors soon. At that speed, it could edge out the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, in a dead sprint. (Bolt peaked at 27.78 miles per hour in his world-record-setting 100-meter dash back in 2009.) 'To be fair, keep in mind that the Cheetah robot runs on a treadmill without wind drag and has an off-board power supply that it does not carry,' admitted Boston Dynamics in a press release. 'So Bolt is still the superior athlete.' Nevertheless, the team hopes to drop these implements and have a freestanding speed bot by early next year. They're calling that model the WildCat."

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  1. Wow a machine faster than a human. by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! our advancement in technology to make a machine that and travel faster then a human! Amazing. Perhaps we can make a machine that can fly too.

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  2. Re:Why is there an arm on the far side... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But the title says its a DARPA project, isn't trampling grad students the goal?

  3. Where do I sign up? by fustakrakich · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a number I can call to be placed on the national "Do not kill" registry?

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