The reality of bringing living , breathing velociraptors back to life is , gratefully , most likely doom to rest in theJurassic Parkuniverse . However , that does n’t stop the speedy dinosaur from serve as a source of aspiration , with scientist from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ( KAIST ) make a raptorial bird - like automaton that can strain a banging 46 kilometre per hour ( 28.6 miles per hour ) .
The golem , befittingly name Raptor , is bipedal like itsnamesake . It sport two flexible feet , made out of a carbon - fiber / epoxy composite plant , which are attached to lightweight legs . Each tree branch also has the robot combining weight of an Achilles tendon , which acts as a shock absorber , and a motor to keep in line speed . To ensure balance , there ’s also a “ tail ” – a counterweighted pole that may not count like the fag end of a velociraptor , but mapping pretty similarly .
Raptor ’s lightweight and balanced design has made for a A-one quick robot . Its top recordedspeedon a treadmill is 46 klick per hour ( 28.6 miles per hour ) , which is flying than even Usain Bolt ; the mogul of sprinting ’s top speed clocks in just slenderly deadening at 44.7 kilometers per 60 minutes ( 27.4 miles per hour ) .
If that cognition gives you make for concern about being chased by a robo - raptorial bird , you need n’t be concern ( at least for now ) . Raptor has only reached the above focal ratio when tether to a rail for support and confiscate to a power source .
Since its ontogeny , however , there have been some other fair speedy two-footed robot that have run without strings to hold them down . Back in 2022 , Struthio camelus - inspired Cassiebroke the robot acres speed record , covering 100 meters in just 24.73 seconds .
Who could ’ve guessed that the name Cassie , rather than a robot velociraptor , would be the thing to venerate in the robot uprising ?
If you ’d like to find out more about bringing extinct creatures back to “ liveliness ” in the form of automaton , check out the slower , but just as smart , subdued robot replica of along - lost sea tool .
[ H / T : engineering.com ]
