Inventor | Kaist |
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Country | South Korea |
Year of creation | 2014 |
Type | Bipedal (Dinosaur-like) |
Purpose | Technology Demonstrator |
Website | www |
Raptor (Korean: 랩터) is a bipedal robot which was designed and conceived in 2014 by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). It has a top speed of 46 km/h, making it the second fastest robot after the Cheetah, and the fastest bipedal robot worldwide. Designers at the KAIST took their inspiration from the Velociraptor, a bipedal dinosaur which balances itself with its tail. The robot moves itself with a pair of carbon / epoxy composite blade legs.
Bibliography
- Velociraptor robot nearly as fast as Cheetah, by Michelle Starr, 2014-05-29, CNET