Oct 20 2009Scientists Want to Develop Robotic Cheetah To Chase You Down, Dine On Your Carcass
Because life is progressively becoming a series of nightmares, scientists want to develop a robot that mimics the movement of a cheetah so they can chase us down and maul us to death. Why did I even get out of bed this morning? Oh, right. Well why did I even wake up this morning?
Professor Sangbae Kim designer of the Stickybot and a Robotic designer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Is trying to understand how he can replicate natural animal mechanisms by creating a robot inspired by the cheetah.
The idea is to build a prototype robot from a construction of lightweight carbon-fiber-foam that will then be able to match the cheetah's speed of 70 miles per hour.Over the next 18 months, Kim and four other MIT graduate students are going to start constructing the prototypes. Starting with a computer model of the robotic cheetah to establish the optimal limb length, weight, gait and torque of the hip and knee joints.
It's an ambitious project. Current wheeled robots are efficient, but can be slow in rough terrains. For instance, iRobot's PackBot, which is used by the U.S. military, can only travel at speeds of up to 5.8 miles per hour.
I'm sure this seemed like a good idea to somebody at some point, but it's not. Like I don't have enough to worry about without a 70 MPH cheetah-bot running around. Also, like four children. And you wonder why daddy drinks in bed all day!
Cheetah Inspired Robot [geekygadgets]
Thanks to Excaliber, who I will use to slice through these bastards like room temperature butter.
Reader Comments
1. fister - October 20, 2009 3:36 PM
come
2. rad to the power of me - October 20, 2009 3:42 PM
hah @1 you r less useful that a poopy flavored lollypop.....wait 2 girls 1 cup....damn...less useful than a poop hair brush...yes!
also whats the point here? shit the enemy is hunkered down in that bldg. quick send in the cheetah bomb!
3. Lando-33 - October 20, 2009 3:44 PM
As long as it transforms into a cassette, fits inside other robots, and has rocket launchers attached to it's ass, I'm for it.
4. first - October 20, 2009 3:45 PM
FIRST
5. Dishy Dishyington - October 20, 2009 3:50 PM
The tail might be necessary for dynamic balance, but the head? Cut it from the design. Maybe replace it with a turret.
The hips and shoulders probably need ball joints, not as pictured. Also the wrists and ankles need more motion; they need to be able to twist. More degrees of freedom.
6. Closet Nerd - October 20, 2009 3:51 PM
@2 "You look like a bunch of retards trying to hump a door knob!"
7. hsoj spillihp - October 20, 2009 3:52 PM
i can't wait to fight this thing!!! ...they might as well go ahead and get started on the robotic grizzly.
8. Calabasa209 - October 20, 2009 3:53 PM
first thought- the mechanical hound from Fahrenheit 451
@5 i was gonna mention and now agree with the joints, didnt think of the head tho
9. JADE - October 20, 2009 3:54 PM
Where is Daisy when you need her/him? Looks really FAKE to me.
10. Closet Nerd - October 20, 2009 4:03 PM
@5 You should contact M.I.T. and let them know how to design this thing.
11. catch22 - October 20, 2009 4:06 PM
ravage!!!
12. rad to the power of me - October 20, 2009 4:10 PM
Closet Nerd you are right there with me on both posts! Way to be awesome.
if you havn't already figured out that they are going to copy the Big Dog Robot by now your "slow." Let MIT do their thing ..... it's what they do.....and by they i mean not you Dishy
13. That uncle who did that bad thing we don't speak about - October 20, 2009 4:10 PM
No good can come of this.
14. Freddy K - October 20, 2009 4:26 PM
That is cool. I mean we are all gonna die, but that is cool.
15. Hawk - October 20, 2009 4:43 PM
KILL ALL HUMANS!!
but, save ...save the birds. Because we need them!
16. Hamsteroj - October 20, 2009 4:44 PM
(MGS4 spoilers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBoY4rXEWOo
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-
17. stephen - October 20, 2009 4:57 PM
i've been re-reading farenheit 451 the past few days, and this hits a little too close to home with the hounds. crap!
18. Dishy Dishyington - October 20, 2009 5:02 PM
@8, I was thinking of Fido, the nuclear-powered dog in Snow Crash. He was faster than a cheetah tho.
Aren't they making a movie of Snow Crash? With either Natalie Portman or Daisy as Y.T.? And GW as Raven of course.
19. ME - October 20, 2009 5:09 PM
@8 thats the exact same thing i was thinking about
20. Nobody - October 20, 2009 5:35 PM
So they're finally making Cheetor from Transformers Beast Wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetor
21. chr - October 20, 2009 5:53 PM
MGS4.
MGS4.MGS4.
22. Jay - October 20, 2009 5:56 PM
Sweet jesus, now I need to worry about super fast cheetah robots AND wrestling robots?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrbzWmIu36s
23. FRISTARD - October 20, 2009 7:45 PM
OMG FIRRST?!?!?!?
24. X - October 20, 2009 7:48 PM
Well...
It does kinda look like a Zoid, and I do like Zoids... >.>;
25. Zodus - October 20, 2009 7:57 PM
it is RAVAGE!!! (yeah he's a puma but this thing looks just like him)
26. Joe - October 20, 2009 8:29 PM
Ravage
27. Joseph Rosario - October 20, 2009 9:40 PM
lol, I came here to make the "RAVAGE!" comment as well.
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29. Jaded Icon - October 21, 2009 8:28 AM
Sound like it’s a good time to round up all scientists and put them in interment camps......for the good of humanity of course.
30. Pat - October 21, 2009 9:07 AM
OK, so I guess I'm REALLY late on the "Ravage" comment. Still, good lookin' out Transformers fans.
31. Mr Glynn - October 21, 2009 10:13 AM
Shit is so cash. I just need to strap a fleshlight to that thang and all my dreams have come true.
32. MATTZILLA - October 21, 2009 10:36 AM
RAVAGE EJECT, COMMENCE OPERATION HUMAN ANNIHLATION
wonder if it runs on Energon haha
33. Cait - October 21, 2009 11:37 AM
I'm also having Fahrenheit 451 flashbacks.
34. naas - October 21, 2009 1:17 PM
stop posting uggboots ads blokey mcfvckpants
35. uggboots - October 21, 2009 1:19 PM
science is so incredible, and it is developing...
36. GoSS Jerk no longer sterilized for your pleasure - October 21, 2009 2:02 PM
Say goodby to the good old days you could just run up a couple of steps and/or run circles around the bots...
37. MightyD - October 22, 2009 4:14 PM
@3 Ooohh yeah!
@8 Second thought...AMEE from sucky Red Planet
I'll go with the tape transforming.
38. php institute in orissa - June 30, 2010 9:08 AM
Really nice post, keep it up.