Mini Cheetah

The Mini Cheetah is a compact research platform developed by the MIT Biomimetic Robotics Lab in the USA. Weighing roughly 9 kg, this agile quadruped robot was conceived to make dynamic legged locomotion affordable and repairable, giving labs a rugged four-legged machine that can tumble, self-right and keep running where more fragile platforms would fail.

Across its legs sit twelve custom modular actuators, three per limb, engineered with a low gear ratio and full backdriveability for high-bandwidth torque control. A Vectornav VN-100 IMU tracks orientation and acceleration while Hall-effect encoders on every motor return precise joint position and speed. It reaches about 8.7 mph and runs for roughly 120 minutes on a charge, all coordinated by a real-time Linux control stack that supports simulation and reinforcement-learning gait development.

Because it is nimble, resilient and inexpensive to maintain, the platform is a natural fit for robotics research, autonomous inspection routines in cramped or hazardous spaces, and hands-on education. Students and engineers can experiment freely with gaits, controllers and perception without fear of costly damage, iterating quickly from simulation to real hardware.

Nexon System brings the MIT Mini Cheetah to universities and research groups throughout Southeast Asia, handling commissioning, controller tuning, custom gait and task programming, and integration with your lab data pipelines and simulation tools. We also provide operator training and ongoing maintenance so your team stays productive. Talk to Nexon to scope a research or inspection pilot.