MIT Biomimetic Robotics LaboratoryUnited States2014
MIT Cheetah 2
- Discontinued
- Weight not stated
- Research and development
Key figures as stated by the manufacturer
1 of 6 stated · 5 gapsDiscontinued- Weight not stated
- Payload, walking not stated
- Runtime not stated
- Max speed at most 23.04km/hat most 14.3mphOur conversion from 23.04 km/h. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
- IP rating not stated
- Indicative price not stated
Deviations and variants in the key figures (1)
Max speed
CaveatMaximum controlled bounding speed demonstrated in peer-reviewed untethered 3D experiments (IJRR 2017). An earlier September 2014 public outdoor demonstration reached 10 mph (~4.5 m/s) before further controller development.
Intended use, per the manufacturer
The manufacturer’s words
MIT researchers have built a robotic cheetah that can now run and jump over hurdles, autonomously, as it runs.
Source: news.mit.edu · Retrieved
This category is not our assessment.
Every field in the schema
3 of 33 fields statedImperial figures are our own conversion unless the manufacturer states an imperial figure itself. The source letter always belongs to the metric figure — a conversion has no source of its own.
| Field | Value | Source and caveats |
|---|---|---|
| Physical | ||
| Weight | not stated | |
| Length | not stated | |
| Width | not stated | |
| Height | not stated | |
| Degrees of freedom | not stated | |
| Payload, walking | not stated | |
| Payload, standing | not stated | |
| Max speed | at most 23.04km/hat most 14.3mphOur conversion from 23.04 km/h. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own. | A CaveatMaximum controlled bounding speed demonstrated in peer-reviewed untethered 3D experiments (IJRR 2017). An earlier September 2014 public outdoor demonstration reached 10 mph (~4.5 m/s) before further controller development. |
| Max slope | not stated | |
| Single obstacle | at most 40cmat most 15.7inOur conversion from 40 cm. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own. | B NoteRobot autonomously detects and jumps obstacles up to 40 cm high (about 80% of leg length) while running at 2.5 m/s. |
| Stair step, continuous | not stated | |
| IP rating | not stated | |
| Operating temperature, low | not stated | |
| Operating temperature, high | not stated | |
| Power | ||
| Battery | not stated | |
| Runtime | not stated | |
| Hot-swap battery | not stated | |
| Charge time | not stated | |
| Docking station | not stated | |
| Sensing and autonomy | ||
| LiDAR | not stated | |
| Cameras | not stated | |
| Onboard compute | not stated | |
| ROS 2 | not stated | |
| SDK languages | not stated | |
| Autonomy level | Autonomous force-control bounding controller: impulse-scaled feedforward force profiles adapt across speeds, a discrete gait-pattern stabilizer maintains footfall timing, and continuous feedback manages balance during stance — validated in untethered 3D bounding experiments indoors and outdoors on natural terrain. | A NoteMinimum cost of transport of 0.47 reported, described as unprecedented for an untethered experimental quadruped at the time. |
| Payload and expansion | ||
| Mounting interface | not stated | |
| Power out | not stated | |
| Data ports | not stated | |
| Commercial | ||
| Indicative price | not stated | |
| EU | ||
| CE stated | not stated | Records only what the manufacturer states regarding CE marking. |
| FCC stated | not stated | |
| UL stated | not stated | |
| CCC stated | not stated | |
Stair step and payload each exist in two variants. Only compare fields with the same label.
Notes
- MIT's second-generation running quadruped, first shown running and jumping fully untethered outdoors on MIT's Killian Court lawn in September 2014.
- A later peer-reviewed controller for this force-control bounding algorithm reached a minimum cost of transport of 0.47.
The manufacturer’s own page
The manufacturer’s original product page for this model.
Open the manufacturer’s page for MIT Cheetah 2https://biomimetics.mit.edu/publications/8eaeee8a-5435-426f-a761-45d6e62190dd/
Sources
- A Manufacturer product page. biomimetics.mit.edu/publications/8eaeee8a-5435-426f-a761-45d6e62190dd/ · Retrieved
- B biomimetics.mit.edu/research/6339b35c-124a-43da-8749-c2a777566065/ · Retrieved
- C news.mit.edu/2014/mit-cheetah-robot-runs-jumps-0915 · Retrieved
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