{"id":16362,"date":"2018-07-08T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T22:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16362"},"modified":"2018-07-08T18:33:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T22:33:17","slug":"sci-tech-videos-mits-blind-cheetah-boston-dynamics-atlas-minispot-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16362","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech videos: MIT&#8217;s blind cheetah + Boston Dynamics Atlas, MiniSpot, &#038; CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of videos about progress in robotic creatures:<\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2018\/blind-cheetah-robot-climb-stairs-obstacles-disaster-zones-0705\" target=\"_d\">\u201cBlind\u201d Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs littered with obstacles | MIT News<\/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\/QZ1DaQgg3lE?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>** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Dynamics<\/a>: &#8220;Getting some air, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/atlas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas<\/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\/vjSohj-Iclc?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>** An interview with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Dynamics<\/a> founder and CEO Marc Raibert:<\/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\/QlJ_-iVbah8?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>** Boston Dynamics: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/spot-mini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpotMini<\/a> Autonomous Navigation&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>SpotMini autonomously navigates a specified route through an office and lab facility. Before the test, the robot is manually driven through the space so it can build a map of the space using visual data from cameras mounted on the front, back and sides of the robot. During the autonomous run, SpotMini uses data from the cameras to localize itself in the map and to detect and avoid obstacles. Once the operator presses &#8216;GO&#8217; at the beginning of the video, the robot is on its own. Total walk time for this route is just over 6 minutes. (The QR codes visible in the video are used to measure performance, not for navigation.)<\/em><\/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\/Ve9kWX_KXus?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=wireless&amp;banner=02HND5YJK5NEFPBWFS02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=7c7721c131c0bf76b1b2eecfd790e5b6&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of videos about progress in robotic creatures: **\u00a0\u201cBlind\u201d Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs littered with obstacles | MIT News ** Boston Dynamics: &#8220;Getting some air, Atlas? ** An interview with the\u00a0Boston Dynamics founder and CEO Marc Raibert: ** Boston Dynamics: &#8220;SpotMini Autonomous Navigation&#8221;: SpotMini autonomously navigates a specified route through an office &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16362\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech videos: MIT&#8217;s blind cheetah + Boston Dynamics Atlas, MiniSpot, &#038; CEO<\/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_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-16362","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-4fU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12799,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12799","url_meta":{"origin":16362,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech video: SpotMini robo-dog from Boston Dynamics","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Another amazing robot demonstration from Boston Dynamics: SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) 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