Animals that can run fast, such as the cheetah, tend to be medium sized. And an international team of researchers from Imperial, Harvard University, the University of Queensland and the University ...

Cheetahs tend to limit chases to distances of less than 1,000 feet, since running fast creates more body heat than can be released through evaporative cooling, i.e. panting and sweating through ...

"That's faster than every single car on the market, and it only takes three steps," Rose-Hinostroza said. Cheetahs use their tails like a rotor to balance while they are running. Their top speed ...

The cheetah is off the leash! Researchers at MIT have built a four-legged robot that runs like the super-fast spotted feline and can even run on its own power, off a treadmill. The robot has now ...

To appreciate just how fast this is, you should first watch ... It's also worth noting that a real cheetah can run at 60mph (100km), more than the speed of its robotic namesake.

DARPA’s robotic cheetah has sprinted past another speed milestone: The four-legged robot can now officially run faster than Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world. Chalk one up for robots.