2 ms·
> Flying drones have major endurance issues What's the point of lasting 3 times longer if you are moving 5-10 times slower? Even if you double the endurance of
by ogre_codes 6y ago
> Flying drones have major endurance issues
What's the point of lasting 3 times longer if you are moving 5-10 times slower? Even if you double the endurance of the Spot, you are still covering the same amount of ground that a much more affordable drone could cover.
- Retric 6y agoSpeed is great have a specific well defined destination, but that's not always the case. Consider using a spot vs a drone to walk your dog.
- ogre_codes 6y agoYou got me there. I'm sure this thing will totally corner the market on $75,000 dog walking robots.
- Retric 6y agoAt 75,000$ using a person is almost always going to be a better solution right now. Even above 20k I suspect it’s mostly just people doing R&D. However, that is kind of like looking at the first version of the segway and ignoring the cheap ”hoveboards” that showed up at 1/60th the price. At say 1,000$ you can bet some people would use them for dog walking.
- ogre_codes 6y agoI should know better than use sarcasm here. > However, that is kind of like looking at the first version of the segway and ignoring the cheap ”hoveboards” that showed up at 1/60th the price. At say 1,000$ you can bet some people would use them for dog walking. The Segway was from the get go a product with immediate and obvious uses. It didn't take off the way Kamen thought it would, but it was a product. This by contrast is barely a product at all, it's almost 100% a research tool. Even most of the people who use this thread suggest as much.