{"id":582603,"date":"2010-05-27T23:44:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T03:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/w-prize-for-fleet-footed-robots\/15242\/"},"modified":"2010-05-27T23:44:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T03:44:07","slug":"fleet-of-foot-robots-could-win-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582603","title":{"rendered":"Fleet-of-foot robots could win $200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c0378172.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/w-prize-robots.jpg\" alt=\"Honda's stair climbing ASIMO could be a contender for the US&#36;200,000 'W' Prize\"><\/p>\n<p>A prize of US&#36;200,000 is being offered for the first robot that can successfully move 10 km (6.2 miles) within 10,000 seconds. Sound easy? Well, to claim the &#8220;W&#8221; Prize the robot must also negotiate four sets of obstacles that would stand in the way of ordinary wheeled vehicles, but could be easily overcome by a pedestrian. 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