Posts Tagged ‘Spot’
Technology: Boston Dynamics Introduces Its SpotMini ‘Dog Robot’ (Video)
June 28, 2016
Dog robot, dog bot, looking-like-a-giraffe-bot… whatever. Though we are into tech, gotta admit this is getting kinda creepy. Especially at the end of this clip (you can keep that cola can, um, ‘Spot’).
SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) SpotMini is all-electric (no hydraulics) and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge, depending on what it is doing. SpotMini is one of the quietest robots we have ever built. It has a variety of sensors, including depth cameras, a solid state gyro (IMU) and proprioception sensors in the limbs. These sensors help with navigation and mobile manipulation. SpotMini performs some tasks autonomously, but it often uses a human for high-level guidance.
Still, this is a solid step forward in robotics tech; a mobile pick-and-place robot with some serious intelligence designed into it by Boston Dynamics.
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Tags: all-electric robot, Boston Dynamics, Robot, Spot, SpotMini | 
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Technology: Cosmo Meet Spot…The Robot ‘Dog’ (Video)
March 14, 2016
Man made the tech sort of mimicking dog movement, obviously; but how would a dog react? Well… let’s just say it’ll take more work to fool a real dog. Spot, Boston Dynamics’ 160-pound quadruped robot, was built for navigating uneven terrain. The doggieness was a side-benefit. In the video above, see venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson’s video of actual dog Cosmo playing with Spot. Cosmo belongs to Andy Rubin, co-founder of Android.
Posted in Human Interest, Technology, Videos | Tags: Andy Rubin, Animal vs. Robot, Boston Dynamics, Cosmo, Fido vs. Spot, Spot, Steve Jurvetson | No Comments »
