Fastest 100 m by a quadrupedal robot

Fastest 100 m by a quadrupedal robot
Who
KAIST Dynamic Robot Control and Design(DRCD) Laboratory
What
19.87 second(s)
Where
Korea (Republic of) (Daejeon)
When

The fastest 100 m by a quadrupedal robot is 19.87 seconds and was achieved by KAIST Dynamic Robot Control and Design (DRCD) Laboratory (South Korea) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, South Korea, on 26 October 2023.

HOUND, a quadrupedal robot developed by KAIST DRCD LAB, completed the task of starting from a stationary position, crossing a pre-measured 100-meter distance, and coming to a standstill. All these movements were achieved with a single controller trained in the simulation through reinforcement learning.

This research is conducted in the Dynamic Robot Control and Design Laboratory at KAIST under the guidance of Hae-Won Park, head of the laboratory. This research is supported by the Defense Challengeable Future Technology Program of Agency for Defense Development, Republic of Korea, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering of KAIST.