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Boston Dynamics Spot hands-on: new dog, new tricks

Published on Sep 24, 2019

Boston Dynamics is putting Spot to work. The company has announced a new leasing program for its Spot robot (formerly SpotMini), which is aimed at construction, entertainment, and other automation-friendly industries. But is the world ready for this semi-autonomous quadruped?

"Boston Dynamics’ Spot is leaving the laboratory"
A new leasing program is putting dozens of robots to work in the real world

by Russell Brandom
September 24, 2019

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Boston Dynamics Spot robot is ready to leave the nest

Oct 4, 2019

The Spot robot from Boston Dynamics is all grown up and ready to leave home, so we're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting some of Spot's most iconic, and most disturbing moments.

 

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Adam Savage tests Boston Dynamics' Spot robot!

Jan 23, 2020

Adam welcomes a new member to the Tested family: Boston Dynamics' Spot robot! All throughout this year, Adam will be conducting builds and projects with Spot, integrating it into the workshop and taking it on adventures in the field. The first thing to do is test Spot's capabilities at an outdoor training course! Our Year with Spot commences!

 

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Adam Savage's Spot robot rickshaw carriage!

Feb 13, 2020

Adam's first project with Boston Dynamics' Spot robot gives it a novel purpose: pulling a custom-built carriage with Adam as its passenger! Watch Adam give Spot some Victorian flair and the interesting problems that arise in marrying cutting-edge robot technology with vintage transport.

 

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Boston Dynamics Spot test 00

Feb 13, 2020

We have been developing a new system for our new dance performance.

 

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Boston Dynamics Spot test 01

Feb 13, 2020

 

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Boston Dynamics Spot test 03

Feb 14, 2020

 

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Boston Dynamics Spot test 04

Feb 14, 2020

 

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Meet Spot, the quadruped robot

Feb 11, 2020

Spot, the quadruped robot has been developed by Boston Dynamics. Cognite and Aker BP have tested Spot’s mobility in simulated oil and gas environments to ensure that it can access locations in these facilities too difficult to access through traditional automation.

 

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With you, Spot can

Jun 16, 2020

Spot, the nimble robot that climbs stairs and traverses rough terrain with unprecedented ease, is now available for purchase to businesses in the U.S. Use Spot for documenting construction progress, reducing risk to people in dangerous environments, or other tasks that are too difficult for traditional automation.

 

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Article "You can buy Boston Dynamics' Spot robot (if you have $75,000)"
The four-legged robot is available for businesses in the US.

by Christine Fisher
June 16, 2020

 

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Boston Dynamics' Spot robot in the home

Jun 25, 2020

At Collision from Home, Boston Dynamics shared it will start selling Spot with a robot arm to businesses interested in mobile manipulation in a few months, and eventually for home use.

"Boston Dynamics will ship Spot with a robot arm ‘in a few months’ and for home use ‘someday’"

by Emil Protalinski
June 25, 2020

 

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Article "Meet Fluffy: Ford trains robotic dog to map its plants"

by Breana Noble
July 27, 2020

 

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Walk with Spot

Aug 4, 2020

Today we’re launching a new program called Walk With Spot to accelerate the development of robotics applications. We’re doing this by giving people from all walks of life (like you) the opportunity to remotely control a Boston Dynamics Spot (robotic dog) from anywhere in the world using a simple web-based application.

We took Boston Dynamics' Spot Robot for a walk from 3,000 miles away

Aug 4, 2020

San Francisco-based Formant is letting anyone remotely take its Spot robot for a walk. Watch The Robot Report editors, based in Boston, take Spot for a walk around Golden Gate Park.

Driving Spot for the first time

Aug 4, 2020

A San Francisco-based company called Formant is giving you -- yes, anybody -- the opportunity to take Boston Dynamic's Spot the robot for a walk, remotely.

Formant (Figure Projects, Inc.)

 

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Boston Dynamics Spot robot put to work at Ford

Aug 10, 2020

A Spot robot from Boston Dynamics nicknamed "Fluffy" has been put to work digitally scanning a Ford manufacturing plant in Michigan.

 

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Dope Tech: Boston Dynamics Spot robot!

Aug 10, 2020

I made friends with a robot dog.

 

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Autonomous farm work - enter the robots

May 19, 2020

The use of autonomous robots in agriculture is increasing the efficiency of food production. Robots, like Spot from Boston Dynamics, increase accuracy in yield estimates, relieve the strain of worker shortages, and create precision in farming.

"Rocos to add remote management to Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot"

by Eugene Demaitre
May 19, 2020

"A robot sheepdog? ‘No one wants this,’ says one shepherd"
A word of caution about the robotized future of farming

by James Vincent
May 22, 2020

Rocos Global Limited

 

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This robot dog ‘sniffs’ nuclear radiation

Nov 13, 2020

Chernobyl’s nuclear accident in 1986 was considered one of the worst nuclear accidents in history. Boston Dynamics' ‘Spot’ robot is being used to ‘sniff out’ radiation with the hope of reducing the need for human exposure to dangerous radiation.

 

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Article "Dirty job: Cute robot roughneck heads to offshore oil rig"
The telegenic and highly nimble robotic quadruped performs crucial functions on offshore installations.

by Greg Nichols
December 9, 2020

 

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Spot's got an arm!

Feb 1, 2021

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.