Quadruped robot completes a marathon on one battery charge, beating human efficiency by 32.4%
GuanyaShi · x · 2026-09-25
A KAIST team led by Jemin Hwangbo published a Nature paper on a quadruped robot designed to complete a full marathon on a single battery charge. Measured by total cost of transport, it is 32.4% more energy-efficient than the average human—an efficiency milestone for legged robots aimed at real-world uses like disaster rescue.
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