{"id":10665,"date":"2015-05-29T01:13:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T05:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10665"},"modified":"2015-05-29T01:13:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T05:13:28","slug":"sci-tech-mits-mechanical-cheetah-leaps-hurdles-thrown-before-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10665","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: MIT&#8217;s mechanical Cheetah leaps hurdles thrown before it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MIT robotic Cheetah gets more and more agile:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/technology\/a15780\/mit-robot-cheetah-can-jump\/?src=spr_TWITTER&amp;spr_id=1457_185892234\" target=\"_d\">Watch MIT&#8217;s Robot Cheetah Leap Over Walls With Ease &#8211; Popular Mechanics<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_luhn7TLfWU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MIT robotic Cheetah gets more and more agile:\u00a0Watch MIT&#8217;s Robot Cheetah Leap Over Walls With Ease &#8211; Popular Mechanics\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2M1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16362,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16362","url_meta":{"origin":10665,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech videos: MIT&#8217;s blind cheetah + Boston Dynamics Atlas, MiniSpot, &#038; CEO","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of videos about progress in robotic creatures: **\u00a0\u201cBlind\u201d Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs littered with obstacles | MIT News https:\/\/youtu.be\/QZ1DaQgg3lE ** Boston Dynamics: \"Getting some air, Atlas? https:\/\/youtu.be\/vjSohj-Iclc ** An interview with the\u00a0Boston Dynamics founder and CEO Marc Raibert: https:\/\/youtu.be\/QlJ_-iVbah8 ** Boston Dynamics: \"SpotMini Autonomous Navigation\": SpotMini\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QZ1DaQgg3lE\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18513,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18513","url_meta":{"origin":10665,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech videos: 3 Boston Dynamics robots, MIT Mini Cheetah, &#038; Agility Robotics Cassie","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of items about robotics: ** The SpotMini looks to be Boston Dynamics's first major commercial robot. 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