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Boston Dynamics | Spots got an arm!

submitted by eric3579

3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago

Engineering

Now that Spot has an arm in addition to legs and cameras, it can do mobile manipulation. It finds and picks up objects (trash), tidies up the living room, opens doors, operates switches and valves, tends the garden, and generally has fun. Motion of the hand, arm and body are automatically coordinated to simplify manipulation tasks and expand the arm's workspace, making its reach essentially unbounded. The behavior shown here was programmed using a new API for mobile manipulation that supports autonomy and user applications, as well as a tablet that lets users do remote operations. For more information, watch our launch event at 11am EST tomorrow: https://youtu.be/WvTdNwyADZc.

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Spot can now dig a hole and bury you.

What they don't tell you is that, now that Spot has an arm, they did all the camera work too...after eliminating the unnecessary and wasteful human component of Boston Dynamics.

It had an arm years ago. Why remove it then make a big deal about putting it back?

At least the 2016 version had googly eyes on the arm making it look extra creepy.

BSR

Next up, a flamethrower for cremations.

Spot can now dig a hole and bury you.

I just kept seeing all the ways Spot could murder us.

Electrocution? Check!
Deadly Gas? Check!
Creeping silently into you bedroom at night and strangling you with your own dirty underwear that you left on the floor?

CHECK!!

And now Spot can bury you in the backyard.
Good Spot!

BSR

Spot ain't got no 3rd option on me.

I go commando.

tmi?

I just kept seeing all the ways Spot could murder us.

Electrocution? Check!
Deadly Gas? Check!
Creeping silently into you bedroom at night and strangling you with your own dirty underwear that you left on the floor?

CHECK!!

And now Spot can bury you in the backyard.
Good Spot!

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