{"id":12257,"date":"2016-02-26T16:59:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T21:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12257"},"modified":"2016-02-26T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T21:59:09","slug":"sci-tech-video-of-atlas-the-next-gen-humanoid-robot-a-robot-for-each-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12257","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Video of Atlas, the next-gen humanoid robot + A robot for each of us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Boston Dynamics<\/a>\u00a0of a remarkably stable and agile robot has gotten lots of attention this week:<\/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\/rVlhMGQgDkY?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<p>Here is an article speculating on a future day in which\u00a0robots abound:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/a-world-where-everyone-has-a-robot-why-2040-could-blow-your-mind-1.19431\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind &#8211;\u00a0Nature News &amp; Comment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video from Boston Dynamics\u00a0of a remarkably stable and agile robot has gotten lots of attention this week: Here is an article speculating on a future day in which\u00a0robots abound:\u00a0A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind &#8211;\u00a0Nature News &amp; Comment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12257","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-3bH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13852,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13852","url_meta":{"origin":12257,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Boston Dynamics shows off latest robo-beasts","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Robot maker\u00a0Boston Dynamics is best known for its four legged mechanical wonders that travel\u00a0with animal-like coordination. 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