BOSTON DYNAMICS – AN ARM AND SOME LEGS
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BOSTON DYNAMICS – AN ARM AND SOME LEGS
( In ) famous for its attention-grabbing videos of bipedal and quadrupedal robots crossing assault courses , doing parkour and even opening doors , Boston Dynamics has been pushing the envelope when it comes to robotics for more than a decade . However , the Massachusetts-based company had been slow to produce a robot that it can take to market , until September 2019 when it launched Spot .
Standing roughly three feet tall and weighing in at about 70lbs , Spot is a four-legged , semi-autonomous robot with exceptional balance and agility . The unit ’ s top speed is 3mph , it can carry up to 14kg and its battery lasts about 90 minutes . Boston Dynamics has started renting Spot units to industry partners for roughly the cost of renting a car . The general consensus is that , having created something undeniably cool , the company is trying to figure out whether or not it ’ s created something useful .
At first glance , it ’ s not explicitly clear whether or not Spot is a true cobot or a robot designed to replace human
JANUARY 2020