{"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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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":6009,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6009","url_meta":{"origin":12257,"position":0},"title":"Robbie the Co-Robot","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A reader responds to the earlier posting about robot assistants in space with a link to this documentary about\u00a0Robby the Robot, a metallic character first seen in the marvelous 1956 movie\u00a0Forbidden Planet: http:\/\/youtu.be\/4ptHtb7RPRw","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Sci-Fi&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Sci-Fi","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=38"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/4ptHtb7RPRw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5002,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5002","url_meta":{"origin":12257,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Unbounded Robotics debuts the UBR-1 robot","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Unbounded Robotics\u00a0introduces the \u00a0UBR-1 automaton: \u00a0A Cheap, One-Armed Robot to Work with Humans: A mobile, one-armed robot that costs $35,000 is headed for research labs and maybe even some workplaces. - MIT Technology Review Introducing UBR-1 from Unbounded Robotics on Vimeo.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"tech_spec_callout","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unboundedrobotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tech_spec_callout-1024x670.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2682,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2682","url_meta":{"origin":12257,"position":2},"title":"NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge competition update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"None of the robots fielded by 11 teams in NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge completed the requirements to win the $1.5M competition in this years event, which was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) June 5-7 in Worcester, Massachusetts. 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