{"id":16943,"date":"2018-10-27T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16943"},"modified":"2018-10-27T13:14:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T17:14:26","slug":"sci-tech-boston-dynamics-robots-dance-leap-and-explore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16943","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Boston Dynamics robots dance, leap and explore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Dynamics robots become steadily more agile, robust and funky:<\/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\/kHBcVlqpvZ8?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><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\/LikxFZZO2sk?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><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\/wND9goxDVrY?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;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062850210\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0062850210&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=afa393befe03f9f12c11935fa3c22582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062850210\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0062850210&amp;asins=0062850210&amp;linkId=63a1421da22219f51d739da44cd40b9d&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Dynamics robots become steadily more agile, robust and funky: ==== Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space. \ufeff &nbsp;<\/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-16943","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-4ph","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18513,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18513","url_meta":{"origin":16943,"position":0},"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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