KAIST's 3 kg Bipedal Robot Raptor Hits 46 km/h With an Active Tail
rvp · x · 2026-09-28
KAIST's Mechatronics, Systems and Control Laboratory unveiled Raptor, a Velociraptor-inspired bipedal robot that reached 46 km/h in treadmill tests — remarkable for a robot weighing just 3 kg.
- Two lightweight legs paired with an active tail mechanism for stabilization while running
- The tail also helps maintain balance when encountering obstacles
- Developed by Dr. Jongwon Park, Jinyi Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Kyoung-Soo Kim and Prof. Soohyun Kim
Whether speed or stability is the harder problem in legged robotics remains open for debate.
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