MIT's mini cheetah robot has broken its own personal best (PB) speed, hitting 8.72 mph (14.04 km/h) thanks to a new model-free reinforcement learning system that allows the robot to figure out on its ...

Robots are more mobile than ever. You’ve got Boston Dynamics’ horse-like bot, which is being field tested by the military. There’s also this Japanese robot that can do flips on the go. But compared to ...

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A well-known cheetah took on a leopard to protect her one remaining cub. ©nwdph/Shutterstock.com They may grow into the world's fastest mammal, but cheetah cubs aren't nearly so speedy. A video from ...

Since we’ve already seen how people capture a photograph of a cheetah running at full speed, it makes sense to see the other side: the slow motion footage of a ...