{"id":5002,"date":"2013-10-21T17:52:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2013-10-21T17:52:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T17:52:36","slug":"sci-tech-unbounded-robotics-debuts-the-ubr-1-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5002","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Unbounded Robotics debuts the UBR-1 robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unboundedrobotics.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Unbounded Robotics<\/a>\u00a0introduces the \u00a0UBR-1 automaton: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/520456\/why-this-might-be-the-model-t-of-workplace-robots\/\" target=\"_d\">A Cheap, One-Armed Robot to Work with Humans: <em>A mobile, one-armed robot that costs $35,000 is headed for research labs and maybe even some workplaces.<\/em> &#8211; MIT Technology Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/unboundedrobotics.com\/ubr-1\/specification\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"tech_spec_callout\" src=\"http:\/\/unboundedrobotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tech_spec_callout-1024x670.png\" width=\"491\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/77105142\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/77105142\">Introducing UBR-1<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/unboundedrobotics\">Unbounded Robotics<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &#8211; MIT Technology Review Introducing UBR-1 from Unbounded Robotics on Vimeo.<\/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-5002","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-1iG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3330,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3330","url_meta":{"origin":5002,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Update on DARPA Robotics Challenge","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest on the DARPA Robotics Challenge competition: DARPA\u2019s ATLAS Robot Unveiled Seven Track B\/C Teams to Train on the ATLAS Robot; Six Track A Teams Pass Critical Design Review of Robots to Advance to DRC Trials at the Homestead-Miami Speedway this December On Monday, July 8, 2013, the seven\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/zkBnFPBV3f0\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5796,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5796","url_meta":{"origin":5002,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: DARPA Robotics Challenge competition in Florida","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials\u00a0took place on Friday and Saturday at Florida\u2019s Homestead Miami Speedway. 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