MIT’s Cheetah-Inspired Robot Goes Untethered, Is Kind Of Terrifying

Mashable 2014-09-16

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MIT has made some improvements to its cheetah-inspired robot. The project is no longer tethered to a harness, instead leaping and bounding around a field at speeds of up to 10 miles per hour.

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