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Could a grown man ride it like a horse? This is such a cool, unknown, yet obvious technology but I have no idea what I would use it for. Rescuing people from vo
by bogwog 6y ago
Could a grown man ride it like a horse? This is such a cool, unknown, yet obvious technology but I have no idea what I would use it for. Rescuing people from volcanos? Bringing you a beer? Robot dog races or fights? This is obviously designed for industrial and rescue uses, but I think it could be most successful in the entertainment industry (don't know how ethical that would be though)
- boston_sre87 6y agoPAYLOADS Max weight = 14 kg total (30.9 lbs) Mounting area = 850 mm (L) x 240 mm (W) x 270m m (H) Mounting interface = M5 T-slot rails Connector = DB25 (2 ports) Power supply = Unregulated DC 35-58.8V, 150W per port Integration = Available software API and hardware interface control documentation
- jefftk 6y agoNo: "Max weight = 14 kg total (30.9 lbs)" https://shop.bostondynamics.com/DefaultStore/spot?cclcl=en_US&pid=aDl6g000000XdpZCAS https://shop.bostondynamics.com/DefaultStore/spot?cclcl=en_U...
- jyounker 6y agoHowever, a very small child can ride it. :)
- blaser-waffle 6y agoI'd be worried about pinch points or babby stickin fingers into sensors
- jefftk 6y agoNot such a small child; my 4yo is about that!
- jdhn 6y agoGet 4 or 6 of these, hook it up to a sled with wheels, and you have your own robotic dogsledding team.
- jpindar 6y agoThey did that with some Big Dogs, there's a video.
- musingsole 6y agoSome comments here show the max payload is too low. But I've had the same thoughts, so what does it take to scale Spot to the size/max payload of a horse?
- lgl 6y agoI guess more importantly, when an AT-AT [0] sized one? [0] https://www.starwars.com/databank/at-at-walker/ https://www.starwars.com/databank/at-at-walker/
- zokier 6y agoLike BigDog? Not quite horse capacity, but still rideable in terms of load, although I don't know if it would screw up the balance
- Animats 6y agoThey had a horse sized payload with the Legged Squad Support system.[1] It worked, but the Marines tried it and it wasn't useful enough. They ended up going with a small ATV for supplies. (Too noisy, too. A subcontractor was supposed to produce a small, quiet Diesel to power a generator and hydraulic pump, but that never happened. Probably because a small, quiet Diesel is hard. The US military runs on one fuel, JP-8, which works in both aircraft and Diesel engines, so to deploy this, it had to run on JP-8) [1] https://youtu.be/LIaXEMOhihw https://youtu.be/LIaXEMOhihw
- Ajedi32 6y agoAs others have said you can't directly ride it (the max payload is too low), but Adam Savage did manage to hook it up to a rickshaw and ride it that way: https://youtu.be/zyaocKS3sfg?t=1358 https://youtu.be/zyaocKS3sfg?t=1358
- leovander 6y agoNot as a horse, but a rickshaw. "Adam Savage's Spot Robot Rickshaw Carriage!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyaocKS3sfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyaocKS3sfg
- abledon 6y agoYou'd need 4 -5 of them holding up a palanquin that you sit on. sibling comment said max weight is 30.9 lbs per SPOT. So go on a diet, do some ascetic yoga, get down to 150 lbs or so. and then get 4-5 of them holding up your royal vessel.
- yellowapple 6y agoSeems like it'd be more effective to integrate a single beefier spot into the palanquin itself: https://steven-universe.fandom.com/wiki/Diamond_Palanquins https://steven-universe.fandom.com/wiki/Diamond_Palanquins