🔬 University#7 Cambridge, MA, United States· Est. 2009
MIT — Biomimetic Robotics Lab
Home of the MIT Cheetah — the fastest legged robot of its era. Prof. Sangbae Kim's lab pioneered impact-aware control and energy-efficient locomotion, directly influencing Boston Dynamics and the entire legged robot industry.
legged locomotionquadrupedbiomimeticsdynamic control
Notable achievements
MIT Cheetah (28.3 mph), Mini Cheetah, bound/gallop gaits, blind stair climbing, influence on Spot robot development.
Notable work
MIT CheetahMini CheetahMIT Humanoid
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
LOCOMOTION
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Fisher-Preserving Guidance: Training-Free Manifold Constraints for Safe Diffusion Control
Hao Ren, Zetong Bi, Yiming Zeng +5 more
2026
LEARNING
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MiraBench: Evaluating Action-Conditioned Reliability in Robotic World Models
Tianzhuo Yang, Zihan Shen, Zirui Mi +7 more
2026
LOCOMOTION
Open access
Reinforcement Learning-Based Control for an Inline Skating Humanoid Robot
Ethan Marot, Thomas Bi, Clemens Schwarke +3 more
2026
HRI
Open access
A Large-Language-Model Supported Personalized Driving Framework for Lane Change in Highway Scenarios
Dong Bi, Yongqi Zhao, Paul Kovacevic +4 more
2026
MANIPULATION
Open access
The Quadruped Soft Tail: Compliant Grasping and Swabbing for Contamination Surveys in Harsh Environments
Harald Minde Hansen, Nandita Gallacher, Kristin Y. Pettersen +2 more
2026
LOCOMOTION
Open access
KYON: Semi-Modular Wheel-Legged Quadruped With Agile Bimanual Capability
Luca Rossini, Arturo Laurenzi, Francesco Ruscelli +6 more
2026