This Robot Is Faster Than Usain Bolt, Proving That Bot Apocalypse Is Getting Closer Every Day

If you thought Usain Bolt was fast, you should see the new velociraptor-like "Raptor" robot created by scientists in Korea.

The Jamaican sprinter can run 45 kilometers an hour (km/h), or 27 miles per hour. That makes him the world's fastest human. But according to the robot's developers, the bipedal Raptor can go 46 km/h, or 29 mph. Just have a look at the video above.

What explains the Raptor's impressive speed? Maybe its bare-bones design. The 3-kg (6.6-pound) robot has spindly carbon fiber legs, shock-absorbing tendons, a tail, and not much else.

Fast as it is, though, the Raptor is no match for Boston Dynamics' Cheetah robot . Having surpassed 29 mph, that guy holds the current record for legged robots.

The Raptor was developed at the Mechatronics, Systems and Control Lab at KAIST, a university in Daejeon, Korea.