MIT researchers have developed a blind robot called Cheetah 3 that can climb staircases filled with debris and jump over obstacles. The robot uses blind locomotion to access dangerous or hard to reach areas like disaster zones. Researchers are working to improve the robot's abilities by adding sight controls and limb extensions to help with search and rescue missions by exploring rugged terrain.

1. FA102a,
Research and Speculative
Product/Service Development
Terrain Exploration Via Robot Janel Santana

2. Assignment One, Research
“MIT’s Cheetah 3 blind robot can climb a staircase littered with debris,
leap, and gallop across rough terrain”
http://www.kurzweilai.net/mits-cheetah-3-blind-robot-can-climb-a-staircase-littered-with-debris-leap-and-gallop-across-rough-terrain
Terrain Exploration Via Robot Janel Santana

3. Assignment One, Research
-Access to disaster zones and/or dangerous,
inaccessible environments by way of “blind
locomotion”
http://news.mit.edu/2018/blind-cheetah-robot-climb-stairs-obstacles-disaster-zones-0705
Terrain Exploration Via Robot Janel Santana

4. Assignment One, Research
Terrain Exploration Via Robot Janel Santana
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97236
“The generation of high-speed running quadrupedal robots jump
to clear terrain obstacles of up to 40 cm in height within a single
control framework.”

5. Assignment One, Future Product or Service
Terrain Exploration Via Robot Janel Santana
Development of Robotic Locomotion
- Addition of sight controls
- Limb extension
- Search and Rescue Aid