MIT Cheetah, bio-inspired quadruped robot, MIT Biomimetic Robotics Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Watch MIT's modular mini cheetah robot land a backflip

Published on Mar 26, 2019

Our new captioned movie shows MIT's "virtually indestructible" mini cheetah robot performing a host of athletic manoeuvres, including stretching, running and jumping.

The nimble quadruped can navigate uneven terrains at up to 5 mph and can recover from nudges, kicks and falls with a swing of its legs.

Unlike its larger, more expensive predecessor the Cheetah 3, the mini cheetah weighs just 20 pounds and was designed with modularity in mind. Each leg consists of three low-cost readily-available motors that can be added and taken away "like lego".

 

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Dynamic locomotion in the MIT Cheetah 3 through Convex Model predictive control

Published on Sep 9, 2019

 

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Highly Dynamic Quadruped Locomotion via Whole-Body Impulse Control and Model Predictive Control

Oct 7, 2019

Donghyun Kim, Jared Di Carlo, Benjamin Katz, Gerardo Bledt, and Sangbae Kim
Highly Dynamic Quadruped Locomotion via Whole-Body Impulse Control and Model Predictive Control

 

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Testing 9 new Mini Cheetahs

Nov 6, 2019

Playing with our 9 new mini cheetah robots in Killian Court

 

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MIT Mini-Cheetahs looking for a new home

Dec 6, 2020

MIT Mini-Cheetahs are looking for a new home. Our new cheetah cubs, born at NAVER LABS, are for the MIT Mini-Cheetah workshop. MIT professor Sangbae Kim and his research team are supporting joint research by distributing Mini-Cheetahs to researchers all around the world.

Naver Labs Corp.

 

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Home is where the Cheetahs are

Dec 18, 2020

Savva Morozov, an AeroAstro junior, works on autonomous navigation for the MIT mini cheetah robot and reflects on the value of a crowded Infinite Corridor

 

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One giant leap for the mini cheetah

Oct 20, 2021

A new control system, designed by researchers in MIT's Improbable AI Lab and demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to traverse across uneven terrain in real-time.

"One giant leap for the mini cheetah"
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.

by Adam Zewe
October 20, 2021

 

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MIT's Mini Cheetah robot runs faster than ever

Mar 17, 2022

A new method allows MIT's Mini Cheetah to learn how to run fast and adapt to walking on challenging terrain. This learning-based method outperforms previous human-designed methods and allowed the Mini Cheetah to set a record for speed.
Visit the project page at sites.google.com/view/model-free-speed

The work was supported by DARPA Machine Common Sense Program, Naver Labs, MIT Biomimetic Robotics Lab, and the NSF AI Institute of AI and Fundamental Interactions. The research was conducted at the Improbable AI Lab.

 

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MIT's Mini Cheetah just got faster

Aug 28, 2022

Researchers from MIT have increased the running speed of their Mini Cheetah quadruped robot using a machine-learning technique reminiscent of Neo in The Matrix.