Record-breaking humanoid robot sprinter gets named after Usain Bolt
China's humanoid robot development is growing leaps and bounds, mimicking the success of the government-planned focus on electric vehicles and energy storage batteries about a decade ago that has now turned it into a leading force in those industries.
From the company that crafted the quickest quadruped robotic dog targeting scientific research now comes the world's fastest humanoid robot. Mirror Me has named the humanoid Bolt, after the storied Olympic champion, and demonstrated how it can maintain its AI-driven gait at speeds of 10 m/s, or approximately 22 mph.
Given that the world's most powerful sprinter is the robot's godfather, Usain Bolt, who managed to hit 27.8 mph (44.7 km/h) during the 2009 games in Berlin, while the average human's top speed is typically between 13 and 15 mph, Mirror Me is closely approaching world-class sprinter levels.
That being said, Mirror Me's Black Panther II quadruped can run at up to 30 miles per hour, quite a bit faster than its bipedal humanoid Bolt The company has made speed a priority for its products to stand out in the crowded field of Chinese robotics startups.
The Bolt robot, however, is no less impressive with its 22 mph gait, as it stands as tall and weighs as much as the average human. Mirror Me developed Bolt's running agility as a research focus that improves the biped's balance and handling at high speeds, mimicking human athletes, which is harder to achieve than with a quadruped, and says that creating the world's fastest humanoid robot was a nice byproduct of the said research.
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