Cheetah 3, the four-legged mechanical beast is the latest achievement of the MIT engineers and roboticists in “blind locomotion”- robots that can move without the need of visual sensors. Weighing over 41 kg, Cheetah 3 can navigate around various terrains and can even recover after being pushed or pummeled. Designed to ‘feel’ its footing, the researchers from MIT intended to produce such a machine that would respond to unseen obstacles more quickly than if it relied only on sight. Special algorithms and multiple sensors are designed inside Cheetah 3 to gather and evaluate data with every step it takes. This evaluation then enables the robot to decide whether it’s ‘safe’ to move forward or step back. At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots, to be held from Oct. 1-5 in Madrid, Cheetah 3 along with its other robotic superpowers will demonstrate its blind locomotion prowess.
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