In 2014, researchers at MIT completed an advanced robotic cheetah after 5 years of hard work. [10]

May 29, 2015, Jennifer Chu of the MIT News Office wrote: "In a leap for robot 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." [6]

 

The cheetah, can run on batteries at speeds of over 20 km/h (13 mph), jump about 40 cm high (15 inches), land safely and keep on running for another 15 minutes -- and even use less power than a microwave oven. [2]

 

"In the next 10 years, our goal is we are trying to make this robot save a life." - MIT Professor Sangbae Kim [2]