In an effort to rid the world of humans, DARPA (an organization, probably run by humanoid cybernetic sentient beings, bent on destroying humanity by allowing robots to take over the world) now has something that can outrun my friends--cause I will be outrunning them in the zombie apocalypse event that will precede the robot rebellion.
The Pentagon’s far-out research agency, Darpa, has just released a new video of its Cheetah ‘bot — designed to mimic the rapid movements of cheetahs, the speediest animals in nature — absolutely killing it on a laboratory treadmill.
In fact, the ‘bot is running so fast (reaching 18 miles an hour at its peak) that Cheetah actually set a new land speed record, Darpa boasts, for robotic running. The previous record, set in 1989, was a measly 13.1 miles per hour. For comparison’s sake, remember that both of those speeds are much, much faster than any average human jogger.
Darpa hasn’t specified exactly what Cheetah’s military applications would be. But in addition to high speeds, the agency notes that Cheetah is being designed to “zigzag to chase and evade.” Darpa adds that Cheetah could also be useful for “emergency response, firefighting, advanced agriculture and vehicular travel.”
Right--I've seen Will Smith battle robots in I, Robot, and he barely made it out alive--thanks to his hypocritical robot arm. Zig-zagging robots are only good for one thing--to chase humans! I have got to rethink my escape strategy--may be duck and roll will work better. Time to get me some new running shoes and start training...
Source: Wired
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