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March 1, 2019 08:31 pm GMT
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This backflipping mini 'cheetah' bot sure is a goddamn show off
Look, we get it. Robots are here and they're totally awesome and everything. But do they have to be so goddamn cocky about it?
MIT's new backflipping "mini cheetah robot" is the latest addition to a long line of electronic showoffs reminding us that we'll never be as agile as something cooked up in a lab.
"At only 20 pounds the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down," writes MIT — definitely not rubbing it in that we can't walk upside down — in a description of the Feb. 28 video. Read more...
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