{"516831":{"#nid":"516831","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"AMBER Lab robot jogs just like a human","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo-legged robots are nothing new, but usually we see them\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/10\/25\/bluebiped-robot-needs-no-power-to-walk-for-miles-as-long-as-it\/\u0022\u003Ewalking\u003C\/a\u003E, not running around a test lab. A pair of seemingly autonomous legs that can lap you in the park is a scary thought, after all. Such images haven\u0027t stopped the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bipedalrobotics.com\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Mechanical Bipedal Experimental Robotics (AMBER) Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the Georgia Institute of Technology, however. As its latest video proves, the team has built a bipedal droid that can jog at a pretty brisk pace. It\u0027s called the Durus-2D and, while\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/08\/15\/mabel-running-robot-snags-bipedal-speed-title-cue-rocky-theme\/\u0022\u003Emaybe not the fastest\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;human-style robot, impresses with a natural style and stride pattern.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe AMBER Lab is led by Aaron Ames, an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2016-03-23 14:58:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:04","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"public library","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/03\/18\/amber-lab-bipedal-robot-runs-human\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}