Coming to a major city near you
Posted on 05/13/2020 10:47:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Leaves crunch underfoot as Spot marches through the park, back straight as a tabletop, stride brisk as a soldier’s.
A grassy field encircled by trees beckons. But Spot is focused on the asphalt path ahead, where a few joggers and bicyclists are out for some socially distanced sunshine.
A cyclist in a brimmed hat rides past. Spot pipes up, not with a bark, but with a recorded message.
“Let’s keep Singapore healthy,” comes a woman’s voice, polite but firm. “For your own safety, and for those around you, please stand at least one meter apart. Thank you.”
Spot, clearly, is no ordinary squirrel-chasing canine. It’s an agile, four-legged, arrestingly doglike robot that Singapore has deployed to help enforce distancing measures during the second month of a partial coronavirus lockdown.
Developed by Boston Dynamics of Waltham, Mass., Spot is one of the world’s most advanced commercial robots, last seen opening doors, hauling a truck or dancing to Bruno Mars in a slate of mesmerizing promotional videos. Its two-week pilot in a park here is seen as a test of how machines and artificial intelligence could help reduce human contact in public spaces as some governments begin easing social restrictions. …
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“Polite message”
This week.
Next week, maybe not so polite.
How will it respond to a taser?
EMP
Or thermite.
Ooops, spilled my water. My bad.
This thread is worthless without pics.
He looks, thirsty. Better give him a nice drink.
wouldn’t it be cool if someone created a whole bunch of robocats that the dogs could chase?
and what’s it doing walking without a leash?
No pooper scooper?
Coffee or energy drinks. Or beer. Beer destroyed a sound board at a concert I was at. Show was ruined. Just make sure it’s terrible beer, like PBR.
And for his next trick, Spot will learn to say “two meters”.
Like The Hound in Fahrenheit 451???
does it have ears? can it hear me say “FO”?
Yep. My twitter tag line: You can’t pet the mechanical hound.
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