{"id":15598,"date":"2018-02-14T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15598"},"modified":"2018-02-14T12:16:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:16:57","slug":"sci-tech-videos-robots-opening-a-door-following-a-jogger-and-transporting-people-by-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15598","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech videos: Robots opening a door, following a jogger, and transporting people by air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>** This new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Dynamics<\/a> video of a robot opening a door is getting a lot of views:<\/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\/fUyU3lKzoio?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>** Perhaps Boston Dynamics will one day offer 4-legged robot pets to follow you around the way\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skydio.com\/\">Skydio<\/a>&#8216;s drones can hover above you:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/610246\/drones-that-dodge-obstacles-without-guidance-can-pursue-you-like-paparazzi\/\">Drones that dodge obstacles without guidance can pursue you like paparazzi &#8211; MIT Technology Review<\/a><\/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\/T0jmcay0eo0?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>** The latest update from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehang.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHANG<\/a> of China on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehang.com\/ehang184\" target=\"_d\">EHANG 184<\/a>, an autonomously-piloted electric air taxi for short trips for 1 to 2 persons, reports that they are now flying people on test flights:<\/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\/Mr1V-r2YxME?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 style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** This new Boston Dynamics video of a robot opening a door is getting a lot of views: ** Perhaps Boston Dynamics will one day offer 4-legged robot pets to follow you around the way\u00a0Skydio&#8216;s drones can hover above you:\u00a0Drones that dodge obstacles without guidance can pursue you like paparazzi &#8211; MIT Technology Review ** &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15598\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech videos: Robots opening a door, following a jogger, and transporting people by air<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-15598","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-43A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15999,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15999","url_meta":{"origin":15598,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech videos: A sprinkling of 21st Century technologies","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"** Boston Dynamics - \"Getting some air, Atlas?\" https:\/\/youtu.be\/vjSohj-Iclc ** Boston Dynamics - \"SpotMini Autonomous Navigation: SpotMini autonomously navigates a specified route through an office and lab facility. 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