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Cheetah tail inspires robot stability system

Published on Feb 10, 2014

Feb. 10 - As anyone who's ever owned a remote-controlled toy car knows, you can drive them only so fast before they topple over while cornering. But for toys, and more sophisticated driving robots, a young South African inventor has come up with an innovative stabilising technique, modeled on the biomechanics of the cheetah. Rob Muir reports.

 

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Cheetah's superpower!

Published on Apr 12, 2018

NSF-funded researchers at the American Museum of Natural History reveal how the world’s fastest land animal keeps its head steady and gaze locked on prey while hunting at speeds of up to 65 mph!