DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt 91
pigrabbitbear writes "The Boston Dynamics Cheetah just clocked a 28.3 miles per hour sprint on a treadmill, and it's heading outdoors soon. At that speed, it could edge out the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, in a dead sprint. (Bolt peaked at 27.78 miles per hour in his world-record-setting 100-meter dash back in 2009.) 'To be fair, keep in mind that the Cheetah robot runs on a treadmill without wind drag and has an off-board power supply that it does not carry,' admitted Boston Dynamics in a press release. 'So Bolt is still the superior athlete.' Nevertheless, the team hopes to drop these implements and have a freestanding speed bot by early next year. They're calling that model the WildCat."
Wow a machine faster than a human. (Score:5, Funny)
Wow! our advancement in technology to make a machine that and travel faster then a human! Amazing. Perhaps we can make a machine that can fly too.
Re:Why is there an arm on the far side... (Score:3, Funny)
But the title says its a DARPA project, isn't trampling grad students the goal?
Where do I sign up? (Score:4, Funny)
Is there a number I can call to be placed on the national "Do not kill" registry?