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Use cases I could think of would include: - litter collection in parks, beaches, and ravines - job site tool delivery / mobile tool caddie - mobile vending a
by motohagiography 6y ago
Use cases I could think of would include:
- litter collection in parks, beaches, and ravines
- job site tool delivery / mobile tool caddie
- mobile vending at music festivals if those ever happen again
- archaeological / mineral exploration
- wildlife conservation and monitoring
- strawberry, tomato and other low to the ground fruit picking
The quadruped cases are different from the bipedal cases.
The surveillance and security use cases aren't that interesting because to me those use cases are like the woodworking and electronics equivalents of clocks and ashtrays. You could train it to avoid people, and just be a wandering background sensor array for things like volatile chemicals in airport and public transport settings, etc.
Such interesting times we live in.
- totalZero 6y agoAll of those tasks seem much cheaper to accomplish with people. Also I'd love to meet a workman who would prefer to have a $75k caddy, rather than simply buying $25k worth of new tools and getting up himself to go grab them whenever needed. The price point matters.
- jachee 6y agoAs I understand/perceive it, current price point is aimed at R&D of use cases for when that price inevitably drops.
- totalZero 6y agoI think you may be mistaken; Raibert said in 2018 that there would be commercial availability in 2019. I think this is simply the delayed fulfillment of that commercial availability timetable. Some of these devices have been with potential customers (including police) for several months now. And the product has been in development in this form since 2016, or far longer if you consider it an extension of other quadruped robots from Boston Dynamics. There's already been a fair bit of R&D. Perhaps what you mean is that the price will drop when demand grows. I'm sure that Raibert is hoping the same.
- DonHopkins 6y agoMount an iPad clamp and dock on it, and Apple could up-sell it as a walking adjustable iPad stand. They already sell a $1000 screen stand.
- zaroth 6y agoYou got your top rated comment up-thread, now you're just double dipping!
- jryle70 6y agoIt has been spotted at Spacex's Boca Chica location that's building Starship https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/haiwhj/boston_dynamics_spot_robot_spotted_at_boca_chica/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/haiwhj/boston_dynam...