Aug
18
Meet MABEL - the Running Robot. She is able to run an astonishing 6.8mph - which is a world record for a two-legged machine. Built in 2008, MABEL has been 'training' for the last few years. She was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Check out the video:
If you find this video... well... Disturbing.. like myself... don't worry, you are not on your own. One Youtube user quipped that it is an 'early Skynet video', referring to the computer system, in the Terminator movies, controlling robots to terrorise the human race in the future. And he has a point. Running robots today, what tomorrow?
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