{"id":3447,"date":"2015-02-20T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T05:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2015-02-20T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T05:51:02","slug":"the-military-tests-amphibious-robot-guard-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/the-military-tests-amphibious-robot-guard-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"The Military Tests Amphibious Robot Guard Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/student1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3448 aligncenter\" alt=\"student1\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/student1-300x84.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though it looks more like a stability ball that you\u2019d see at the gym, Guardbot\u00a0is actually a round, land\/water robot with many potential uses for broadcasting, spying, or security.<\/p>\n<p>Though it began as a potential bot for missions to Mars, it is now being tested by the United States military to possibly assist in future patrolling duties.<\/p>\n<p>The ball is about 60 centimeters (2 feet) in diameter, though it can be scaled up as large as 3 meters (9 feet) or as small as 10 centimeters (4 inches). The smaller version is perfect for searching underneath cars\u00a0at security checkpoints. It is powered by a battery that lasts up to 8 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The amphibious robot is capable of moving across a many landscapes, including sand, grass, mud, or even snow with a top speed of 9.7 kilometers per hour\u00a0(6 mph). It is a bit slower in the water, maxing out at 6.4 kilometers per hour (4 mph). This might not be particularly fast, but it&#8217;s definitely enough to perform its necessary guard duties. The robot is also capable of climbing up hills with a 30 degree slope, making it able to guard a wide variety of locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=boDnZlkEn0w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=boDnZlkEn0w<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though it looks more like a stability ball that you\u2019d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[182,1350,234,1434,1285,54],"class_list":["post-3447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studentnews-didyouknow-facts-interestingwords-interestingpeople-onthisday-interestingwordsandexpressions","tag-english-book-in-georgia","tag-february-2015","tag-for-students","tag-military","tag-robot","tag-science","cat_35"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3450,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions\/3450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}