Cheetah-Cub: A Robot That Runs Like a Cat

[abe10tiger]

Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL's four-legged "cheetah-cub robot" has the same advantages as its model: it is small, light and fast. Still in its experimental stage, the robot will serve as a platform for research in locomotion and biomechanics.

This is cheetah-cub, a compliant quadruped robot. (Credit: (c) EPFL)

SOURCE: Science Daily

 

[Ranger12]

But it doesn't have fur and it doesn't pur or do dumb things for my entertainment. So it's not so much like a feline...
Would be a fun toy for my cat though!

 

[Ranger12]

Reminds me of "big dog". Except big dog creeps me the hell out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=mpBG-nSRcrQ