VIDEO: Robotic Cheetah can now jump over objects while running with a few algorithm updates

05/28/2015 - 00:00

In a leap for robotic development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously. (Learn more: )

Watch the MIT cheetah run autonomously outside: 

Video: Haewon Park, Patrick Wensing and Sangbae Kim