Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Boston ...

It may someday do work that's impossible for humans. The “blind” Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs, jump on a desk and shove, thanks to new algorithms developed by researchers at the Massachusetts ...

The MIT engineers are at it again — and this time, they’ve created a robotic cheetah that knows how to leap. “In those settings, you need to use vision in order to avoid failure,” Gabriel Margolis, a ...

Going on an African safari is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But can you imagine cruising along in a safari jeep, taking in all the sights, when suddenly a large cheetah hops up on the seat beside ...

MIT's Cheetah robot has finally been let off the leash -- and boy can it run. Watch as it bounds across a grass field, and even jumps over a hurdle. It isn't quite up to the evolutionary magnificence ...

What would you do if a wild animal casually climbed into your car? A group of tourists decided to remain calm and not make any sudden movements when a cheetah jump into their vehicle during a safari ...

Humans of the future could someday see robotic beasts roaming the planet, like a friendlier version of Horizon Zero Dawn. Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are making serious ...

A tourist at a national park in South Africa captured an amazing moment on video as an impala leaped into an SUV full of people to escape two cheetahs. The footage was captured in Kruger National Park ...