Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
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Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
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Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#2Science has gone too far.
Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#3This seems to be missing the creepy tentacle head or whatever the appendage was on top of the previous version, so it's not clear what it would be useful for besides trotting around the yard looking like a dog. It might be good for surveillance, though I bet I could buy a lot of security cameras for less money.
Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#4This seems to be missing the creepy tentacle head or whatever the appendage was on top of the previous version, so it's not clear what it would be useful for besides trotting around the yard looking like a dog. It might be good for surveillance, though I bet I could buy a lot of security cameras for less money.
These machines were originally designed to carry equipment in combat situations. I think the New SpotMini could also be suitable for this (though we'll probably see when they release more information about this). It also seems a lot more quiet than its predecessors; the noise was one of the reasons why previous iterations were deemed unsuitable for military use.
Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#5This seems to be missing the creepy tentacle head or whatever the appendage was on top of the previous version, so it's not clear what it would be useful for besides trotting around the yard looking like a dog. It might be good for surveillance, though I bet I could buy a lot of security cameras for less money.
Right, but how many of those cameras could quietly travel in difficult terrain ahead of troops?
Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#6This seems to be missing the creepy tentacle head or whatever the appendage was on top of the previous version, so it's not clear what it would be useful for besides trotting around the yard looking like a dog. It might be good for surveillance, though I bet I could buy a lot of security cameras for less money.
Well, certainly you could put any number of different application payloads on this kind of platform. The end-effector you talk about is interesting as a mobile manipulator for rough terrain. If you have that problem, that is.
Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#7Science has gone too far.
I am sure somebody said that about photography, when it was first demoed to the public.
Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#8This seems to be missing the creepy tentacle head or whatever the appendage was on top of the previous version, so it's not clear what it would be useful for besides trotting around the yard looking like a dog. It might be good for surveillance, though I bet I could buy a lot of security cameras for less money.
Right, but how many of those cameras could quietly travel in difficult terrain ahead of troops?
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Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#9This seems to be missing the creepy tentacle head or whatever the appendage was on top of the previous version, so it's not clear what it would be useful for besides trotting around the yard looking like a dog. It might be good for surveillance, though I bet I could buy a lot of security cameras for less money.
The arm on the previous version was detachable so I think it’s fair to assume you can attach one to this new version too. Also I presume it’ll have all the same use cases as other bi-/quadpeds such as rescue mission reconnaissance and other situations where wheels and propellers don’t cut it.
Re: Boston Dynamics: the New SpotMini [video]
#10Their videos never cease to terrify me. Compare their robots to AIBO, QRIO and ASIMO. Boston Dynamics machines always look like they've popped out of our worst nightmares. Even this latest, somewhat-less-evil looking one.