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Boston Dynamics Spot
- momentmaker 7y agoblack mirror in the making :)
- yellowapple 7y agoIt'd be really nice if vendors for specialized hardware like this could give at least a ballpark figure without me having to give a bunch of info to some sales rep (if that's even possible; the "Contact Sales" button just brings me to a page with no content - just the header and footer). Will Spot be $50? $500? $5000? $500000? $50000000? How about Handle or Pick? If I don't have a ballpark, I don't know if it's even worth calling for a quote. This is a problem that seems to be endemic among vendors that sell things to businesses; they always seem to be hush-hush with the price, which strongly suggests to me that they're going to try to screw me.
- morbm 7y ago“Our general guidance is that the total cost of the early adopter program lease will be less than the price of a car—but how nice a car will depend on the number of Spots leased and how long the customer will be leasing the robot.” https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-dog-goes-on-sale https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robo...
- kdtop 7y agoI figure the old adage still holds: "If you have to ask, it's too much."
- yellowapple 7y agoWhat's insane is that vendors will do this even for products that are very obviously not "too much". I shouldn't have to call a sales line and give a bunch of information just to get a ballpark figure on what a urinal cake will cost me, lol.
- YuccaGloriosa 7y agoRaas
- djohnston 7y agoIt seems like they are discouraging individual non corporate purchasers. Can't a man have his robotic dog?
- octomiao 7y agoI guess it will be quite expensive.