Four-legged robot WildCat on an autonomous engine runs at a gallop

Engineers from Boston Dynamics commissioned by the military agency DARPA improved the Cheetah robot, which with its four limbs resembled a cheetah and accelerated to a speed of 45.5 km / h.

The new model WildCat is equipped with an autonomous source of energy - an internal combustion engine, it can run at a trot, gallop and turn around. The maximum speed is 26 km / h, but the developers promise up to 80 km / h over rough terrain.


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The WildCat robot (M3 according to the DARPA classification) is in many ways reminiscent of BigDog (LS3) - a large machine capable of carrying up to 180 kg of cargo. She started testing it last year in a standalone version on rough terrain. But LS3 should have maximum power and stability, and in the case of WildCat the main thing is to run fast.


Illustration from the Boston Dynamics website

In any case, it seems that both robots have the same gasoline engine and chassis.