MIT’s new Mini Cheetah Robot can do backflips

The Mini Cheetah, as the name suggests, is the mini version of the larger ‘Cheetah 3’ from last year. It weighs around 20-pound that makes it somewhat less than a 100-plus pound weighing real animal it is based on. According to the experts at MIT, the mini robot is able to trot over uneven surfaces at speeds around twice as fast as an average person’s walking speed. It can also scoot sideways and backward, rotate its body while moving and can get up itself after falls. The robot can hop around and can maintain its balance if pushed or kicked.

No matter how much you want a pet robot that can backflip and roll, you cannot buy this Mini Cheetah from market as the robot is not for commercial use like Boston Dynamics SpotMini, which is intended to be a real product. The Mini Cheetah is only a research project for now.