''Raptor'' is a bipedal robot which was designed and conceived in 2014 by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (

KAIST The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is a national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, resear ...

). It has a top speed of 46 km/h, making it the second fastest robot after the

Cheetah The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being , and as such has evolved specialized ...

, and the fastest bipedal robot worldwide. Designers at the KAIST took their inspiration from the

Velociraptor ''Velociraptor'' (; ) is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the p ...

, a bipedal dinosaur which balances itself with its tail. The robot moves itself with a pair of carbon / epoxy composite blade legs.Velociraptor robot nearly as fast as Cheetah
by Michelle Starr, 2014-05-29, CNET

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