Spot, SpotMini, four-legged robots, Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

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Spot Levels Up | Boston Dynamics

Jun 7, 2023

The industry standard for dangerous and routine autonomous inspections just got better, now with a brand new set of features and hardware.
Want to learn more about Spot? Read how Spot’s latest features empower safe, autonomous robotic inspection: bostondynamics.com/resources/blog/next-step-safe-autonomous-robotic-inspection

 

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Spot at Ontario Power Generation: Automating Circuit Breaker Tripping and Racking

Jul 26, 2023

There are an estimated 30,000 instances of arc flash each year in the United States alone, and one to two fatalities occur daily in North America. Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has five Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots deployed throughout their Enterprise Innovation division. In 2022, the team sought to see if Spot’s dexterous arm could be used to assist in tripping and racking out a 600 volt breaker—an activity that is high risk for arc flash. Now, Boston Dynamics engineers have taken this application to the next level by fully automating the procedure. Spot can perform the entire operation autonomously, with a human issuing high level commands safely out of harm's way.

 

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Making Chat (ro)Bots

Oct 26, 2023

We created a robot tour guide using Spot integrated with Chat GPT and other AI models as a proof of concept for the robotics applications of foundational models. Learn more: bostondynamics.com/blog/robots-that-can-chat

Project Team:
Matt Klingensmith
Michael McDonald
Radhika Agrawal
Chris Allum
Rosalind Shinkle

00:00: Introduction
01:08: Making Chat (ro)Bots
01:39: Precious Metal Cowgirl
02:38: A Robot Tour Guide
03:07: How does it work?
04:19: Shakespearean Time Traveler
04:36: Creating Personalities
04:54: "Josh"
05:23: Lateral Thinking
06:03: Teenage Robot
06:43: Nature Documentary
07:32: What's next?

Article "Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPT"
The company used ChatGPT to train its four-legged bot to answer questions and generate responses about its facilities.

by Emma Roth
October 26, 2023

 

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Stepping Up | Reinforcement learning with Spot | Boston Dynamics

Mar 19, 2024

In release 4.0, we advanced Spot’s locomotion abilities thanks to the power of reinforcement learning. Paul Domanico, Robotics Engineer at Boston Dynamics talks through how Spot’s hybrid approach of combining reinforcement learning with model predictive control creates an even more stable robot in the most antagonistic environments.

 

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First for you | Spot for first responders

Mar 26, 2024

We believe that human ingenuity should serve human life. Spot’s unique mobility and ease of use allow responders to stay out of harm’s way and get the information they need to safely resolve incidents. Spot is made for you, the first to arrive, and the last to leave.

 

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Spot for safety and incident response

Mar 26, 2024

We’re building robots that can keep people out of harm’s way: Spot enables operators to remotely investigate and de-escalate hazardous situations. Robots have been used in government and public safety applications for decades but Spot’s unmatched mobility and intuitive interface is changing incident response for departments in the field today.

 

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New in Spot & Orbit 4.1

Sep 24, 2024

Hundreds of companies are using Spot to increase reliability and uptime in their plants—and seeing their investment in robotics pay off faster than they ever imagined. Today, we’re building on this foundation, introducing new capabilities for acoustic vibration detection and reality capture, as well as upgrades for Orbit, the Spot Tablet Controller, and more.

 

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Spot watches its step

Nov 14, 2024

On a typical day, our customers are operating the Spot® robot in factories, foundries, substations, sub basements, and beyond. Spot encounters all kinds of obstacles and environmental changes, but it still needs to safely complete its mission without getting stuck, falling, or breaking anything. While there are challenges and obstacles that we can anticipate and plan for—like stairs or forklifts—there are many more that are difficult to predict. To help tackle these edge cases, we used AI foundation models to give Spot a better semantic understanding of the world.

 

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Spot at Code & Circuit

Nov 26, 2024

Code & Circuit, a non-profit organization based in Amesbury, MA, is a place where kids can use technology to create, collaborate, and learn! Spot is a central part of their program, where educators use the robot to get younger participants excited about STEM fields, coding, and robotics, while advanced learners have the opportunity to build applications using an industrial robot.