ETRobot Cheetah Sets New Speed Record DARPA Battlefield Robots

A roboTIc cheetah funded by the U.S. military sprinted at speeds of up to 18 mph to set a new land speed record. Credit： DARPA View full size image

A cheetah robot funded by the U.S. military has broken the land speed record while running on a lab treadmill. Its roboTIc display of athleTIcism gives hope for new battlefield robots that could prove nimbler than exisTIng robots on wheels or tanklike treads.

The cheetah robot‘s record-breaking sprint appeared in a new video posted by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency （DARPA） today （March 5）。 Its top running speed of 18 mph （29 kph） is faster than the average human jogger， but still lags behind top human speeds of nearly 28 mph （45 kph） — perhaps a relief for anyone fearing a world where robots can outrun their human overlords.

Such a performance also pales next to real-life cheetahs that represent the world’s fastest land animal by reaching eye-watering speeds of 70 mph （112 kph）。 Still， the robot‘s ability to mimic the cheetah’s natural stride by flexing and unflexing its back on each step allowed it to beat the previous record of 13.1 mph， set in 1989.

The test marks an early milestone in the U.S. military‘s quest to create more mobile robots capable of going where legged human soldiers can go. DARPA has funded the cheetah robot made by Boston Dynamics alongside a Flamingo- or Velociraptor-shaped robot inspired by an MIT design.

Boston Dynamics has also created a four-legged， headless “LS3” robotic mule designed to haul 400 pounds of gear for human soldiers on a 20-mile trek without refueling. That represents a larger version of the company’s “BigDog” robot that gained Internet fame in viral videos showing its ability to stay on its legs despite kicks from human tormentors.

The cheetah robot cannot roam free from the lab like the robotic mule just yet — it remains tethered to a hydraulic pump and an overhanging device that keeps it running in the center of the treadmill. But tests of a free-running version are scheduled for later this year.Follow InnovationNewsDaily on Twitter @News_Innovation， or on Facebook.

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由美國(guó)軍方資助的機(jī)器人獵豹沖刺的速度可達(dá)18英里每小時(shí)設(shè)置一個(gè)新的土地速度記錄。

由美國(guó)軍方資助的獵豹機(jī)器人在實(shí)驗(yàn)室跑步機(jī)上運(yùn)行，？？同時(shí)打破了陸上速度紀(jì)錄。它的機(jī)器人的運(yùn)動(dòng)能力展示讓人們對(duì)新的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)機(jī)器人，可能會(huì)比現(xiàn)有的車輪或tanklike胎面。

機(jī)器人敏捷

獵豹機(jī)器人的破紀(jì)錄沖刺出現(xiàn)在發(fā)布的美國(guó)國(guó)防部高級(jí)研究計(jì)劃局一個(gè)新的視頻（DARPA）今日（3月5日）。 18英里每小時(shí)（29公里）的最高運(yùn)行速度比一般人慢跑速度更快，但仍落后近28英里每小時(shí)（45公里）和mdash頂人的速度;也許是一種解脫的人擔(dān)心一個(gè)世界里，機(jī)器人可以逃脫他們的人類領(lǐng)主。

這樣的表現(xiàn)也相形見(jiàn)絀旁邊代表了世界上最快的陸地動(dòng)物副產(chǎn)品達(dá)到70英里每小時(shí)（112公里）眼澆水速度，現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的獵豹。然而，機(jī)器人的通過(guò)彎曲和unflexing對(duì)各退一步，以模仿獵豹的自然步幅能力，使其能夠擊敗13.1英里每小時(shí)此前的紀(jì)錄，在1989年成立。

測(cè)試標(biāo)志著一個(gè)早期的里程碑，在美國(guó)軍隊(duì)的任務(wù)創(chuàng)建能夠去的地方足的人類戰(zhàn)士可以多移動(dòng)機(jī)器人。 DARPA資助了獵豹機(jī)器人由波士頓動(dòng)力學(xué)旁邊一個(gè)Flamingo-或迅猛龍形機(jī)器人的靈感來(lái)自麻省理工學(xué)院設(shè)計(jì)制作。

波士頓動(dòng)力也形成了四足，無(wú)頭 LS3 機(jī)器人騾子用于拖運(yùn)400磅齒輪在20英里的長(zhǎng)途跋涉人類士兵的不加油。這代表了公司的 的放大版;大狗 機(jī)器人獲得了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)成名的病毒視頻顯示其留在它的腿，盡管人類的折磨踢。

獵豹機(jī)器人不能漫游擺脫像騾子機(jī)器人實(shí)驗(yàn)室，只是還沒(méi)有和mdash能力;它仍然束縛到一個(gè)液壓泵和，保持它運(yùn)行在跑步機(jī)的中心的伸出設(shè)備。但是，一個(gè)自由運(yùn)行的測(cè)試版定于晚些時(shí)候year.