I, For One, Welcome Our Robot Cheetah Overlords (1 Viewer)

[cstu]

http://rt.com/usa/263309-robot-cheetah-jumps-obtacles/

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a four legged robot called Cheetah 2 which can see and jump over obstacles like a hurdle runner using an on-board laser devise.

The robotic cheetah in inspired by a built in tool called LIDAR, a visual system that uses reflections from a laser to map terrain.

The robot was first tested on a treadmill and was able to jump objects up to 45cm tall while running at a speed to 8km per hour. It estimates an object’s height and distance, then gauges the best position from which to jump, adjusts its stride to land just short of the obstacle and finally exerts enough forces to get itself over.

It was then tested on indoor track where it managed to hurdle 90 percent of obstacles successfully.

"A running jump is a truly dynamic behavior. You have to manage balance and energy, and be able to handle impact after landing. Our robot is specifically designed for those highly dynamic behaviors," Assistant professor Sangbae Kim said.

Kim explains in a MIT blog that the algorithm doesn’t provide an optimal decision but rather a feasible one.

“If you want to optimize for, say, energy efficiency, you would want the robot to barely clear the obstacle — but that’s dangerous, and finding a truly optimal solution would take a lot of computing time. In running, we don’t want to spend a lot of time to find a better solution. We just want one that’s feasible. We’re too obsessed with optimal solutions.

This is one example where you just have to be good enough, because you’re running, and have to make a decision very quickly,” Kim said.

Kim and his team are now adapting the robot cat so it can handle softer grassy terrain.

The MIT researchers first revealed their creation at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems last year in Chicago.

If jumping is taken out of the equation, then the robot can manage to run up to 48 km an hour – faster than Usain Bolt.

The cat’s secret lies in a bounding algorithm developed by MIT and which is programmed into the robot’s legs. Just like a professional sprinter it exerts a certain amount of force when it hits the ground in order to maintain a given speed.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Robots& cheetahs, what could go wrong?

 

[Foosball God]

Looks more like a warthog than a cheetah

 

[mquinnjr]

iChester has a nice ring to it.

 

[grateful zed]

that's a lot of math.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I see the military using this in 10 years. Just like drones, why risk lives to take lives.

 

[cstu]

I see the military using this in 10 years. Just like drones, why risk lives to take lives.

We will be using robots in battle sooner than people think. Imagine the look on ISIS' face when they see 100,000 robot cheetah's armed with M16's.

 

[Anarchy99]

Clearly they deflated the footballs in the AFCCG. The Pats really were telling the truth!

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I see the military using this in 10 years. Just like drones, why risk lives to take lives.

We will be using robots in battle sooner than people think. Imagine the look on ISIS' face when they see 100,000 robot cheetah's armed with M16's.

And lasers.

 

[El Floppo]

I see the military using this in 10 years. Just like drones, why risk lives to take lives.

our military will win every steeple-chase event ever. all the terrorists will be like- whoa- those cheetah-robots can really jump and run... I'm convinced. war on terror... over.

 

[bushdocda]

My bad thought this was about Cheetos.

 

[grateful zed]

we all ready have them

 

[cstu]

Didn't know where to put this but here's a documentary on DHARPA's projects.

Sadly, no robot cheetah troops yet.

 

[cstu]

Robodog - watch until at least 1:30.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Robodog - watch until at least 1:30.

ED-209 would be jealous of his stair climbing ability.

 

[bcdjr1]

ED-209 would be jealous of his stair climbing ability.

Sure, it could go up the stairs, but notice they didn't show it trying to come back down. That's the part that got ED.

 

[Arizona Ron]

You guys realize this is how we're all going to die right? 

 

[SlimShady]

My bad thought this was about Cheetos.

http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2016/6/22/12005782/burger-king-mac-and-cheetos-mozzarella-sticks

 

[bcdjr1]

You guys realize this is how we're all going to die right? 

Going down stairs? That's why I take elevators. I want to have a heart attack where I'm dead before I hit the floor, no way I'm ending up with a broken back at the bottom of a staircase waiting to see if someone finds me before I die of dehydration.

 

[SlimShady]

imagine AI with lidar, x-ray, infrared and lethal weaponry. How could you possibly hide. Thats why Terminator and The Matrix are so stupid 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Sure, it could go up the stairs, but notice they didn't show it trying to come back down. That's the part that got ED.

Good point, as long as we keep them upstairs we may still be safe in our basements.

 

[Foosball God]

imagine AI with lidar, x-ray, infrared and lethal weaponry. How could you possibly hide. Thats why Terminator and The Matrix are so stupid 

That's why?