A quadruped robot designed to complete a marathon on a single battery charge

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 23 Sept, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11102-5 RAIBO2, an energy-efficient quadruped robot, completed a full marathon in 4 hours, 19 minutes and 52 seconds on a single battery charge, achieving a total cost of transport of 0.25 that surpasses the human benchmark of 0.37.

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• T1A quadruped robot designed to complete a marathon on a single battery chargeNature / Science / Nature Biotechnology23 Sept, 00:00