In a leap for robotic development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1JYy1bD)

Watch the MIT cheetah run outside:    • MIT Robotic Cheetah  

Video: Haewon Park, Patrick Wensing and Sangbae Kim