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Sand Flea Jumping Robot
Boston Dynamics · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2013–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 55 other demo videos tagged Robotics, the mean is 0.6 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, about 3.1× that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 0.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
20% of its 10 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 1 minutes 9 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2012-03-27.
- Channel / speaker
- Boston Dynamics
- Verified runtime
- 1m 9s
- YouTube upload date
- 2012-03-27
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Robotics. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Flea Jumping RobotCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 20% | — | 1m 9s | 2012-03-27 |
| Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everythingdemo · Mark Rober | 5 | 5 | 29% | No recorded overlap | 21m 32s | 2023-03-18 |
| Festo - SmartBirddemo · Festo | 4 | 4 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 1m 48s | 2011-03-22 |
| Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)demo · olinerd | 3 | 3 | 38% | No recorded overlap | 3m 29s | 2008-03-17 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying”. Its short rationale: Linked in discussion of small probe constellations and surface robots.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Japan's first-ever soft lunar landing with SLIM spacecraft [video]”. Its short rationale: Flea robot inspires small disposable rover idea for Mars.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Extreme Parkour with Legged Robots”. Its short rationale: Small 11-pound robot that jumps 30 feet.