If Tiny Flying Robots Don’t Kill You, Large Running Ones Will

Darpa, creator funding agency of robots both cute and scary, has now shown us that you can run, but you can’t hide. Meet the Cheetah, an ambulatory creation that has just set the record for robot landspeed at 18 mph. While it may look like it’s running backwards thanks to its morphology, rest assured that when it’s bearing down on you in a post-apocalyptic wasteland you won’t make the same mistake.

Considering that that fastest humans can sustain around 15 mph, maybe it’s time to start developing bullfighting skills?

In all seriousness, Darpa is pushing the envelope marvelously these days, and this creation is a true feat of genius in technology. They are frontrunners for “Best Government Research Arm of 2012” so far. And for now, at least Cheetah’s connected to those wires.

Previously: Autonomous robot quadrotors play the James Bond theme!

(via The Awl)

Source: The Awl

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