{"id":187,"date":"2014-08-09T20:47:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T20:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerpotatoe.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2014-08-09T20:47:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T20:47:36","slug":"robot-transformers-are-becoming-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/2014\/08\/09\/robot-transformers-are-becoming-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Transformers Are Becoming Reality!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought the movie Transformers was mere science fiction, you might have been correct last year. It has turned out team of researchers from Harvard and MIT have developed a new kind of robot \u2013 one that is capable of folding and unfolding itself, much like origami.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting a robot to assemble itself autonomously and actually perform a function has been a milestone we\u2019ve been chasing for many years,\u201d researcher Robert J. Wood said in a press release<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9M1zNIVGrjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even though they don\u2019t look like much, this is actually a great achievement and first of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is the use for this? Well, first thing to come to mind is that they will make great toys. But in a world where space is becoming less and less, we can build machines that can fold up to smaller bits and tuck themselves away when not in use. For me, I still think it is cool to see a real life Transformer. Autobots!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought the movie Transformers was mere science fiction, you might have been correct last year. It has turned out team of researchers from Harvard and MIT have developed a new kind of robot \u2013 one that is capable of folding and unfolding itself, much like origami. &nbsp; \u201cGetting a robot to assemble itself &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/2014\/08\/09\/robot-transformers-are-becoming-reality\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robot Transformers Are Becoming Reality!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,39,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}