MIT's 'blind robot' can run, climb stairs proficiently

Even without the help of cameras and limited vision, the latest robot model of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA) can still run and climb proficiently on stairs and obstacle course.

We have seen the Boston Dynamic robots can move on two feet proficiently or climb stairs and run at high speed. But these robots often have to rely on cameras and sensors to get forward vision.

If in the case, the robot does not have a camera or in other words " blind" , will the robot still move correctly? That is also the question of researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) trying to find the answer and they succeeded.

According to RT, the robot model is called Cheetah 3 because researchers at MIT have no camera integrated and are blind. But it can run, jump on the platform and even climb stairs without any obstacles.

Robots can prick so quite like a dog.

To do this, Cheetah 3 had to use two new algorithms developed by Sangbae Kim, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. The new algorithm helps robots determine how to handle situations when it encounters obstacles.

Special Cheetah 3 has extremely good balance and weight of only about 40kg, even when pedaling or pushing with a very strong force from many directions, the robot can quickly regain balance easily.

Sangbae Kim believes that experimenting with the Cheetah 3 robot will provide a great opportunity to detect the hidden possibilities that a robot without the help of a camera can do.

Robots climb stairs easily despite many obstacles on the road.

Kim explained on MIT News: "If people close their eyes and walk, we will create our own mental model to feel and prepare for where we will go. We also rely on to feel with the ground surface to locate, so we are trying to do the same thing with robots by combining many different streams of information. "

Previously in 2015, MIT also successfully developed the Cheetah 2 robot model with the ability to perform small jumps with a success rate of up to 90%. However, this robot model still relies on a visual system that uses laser reflections to map the terrain.

If you're a robot lover, you'll see that Cheetah has a similar relationship with Spotmini, a dog-shaped robot developed by Boston Dynamics.