The Imperial Presidency The concept of the Imperial Presidency first came about during the 1960's, and was later made popular by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., after he wrote a book on the subject entitled The Imperial Presidency. 1  The concept of the Imperial Presidency first came about during the 1960's, and was later made popular by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., after he wrote a book on the subject entitled The Imperial Presidency .
Atlas, The Next Generation. On February 23, 2016, Boston Dynamics released video of a new version Atlas robot on YouTube. The new version of Atlas is designed to operate both outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation and is very adept at walking over a wide range of terrain, including snow.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Atlas. An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a map of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets in the Solar System. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats.