Posted on 05/12/2018 6:39:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert said Friday that his company plans to begin selling the dog-like SpotMini robot next year, likely to businesses for use as a camera-equipped security guard.
But he thinks other applications for the four-legged contraption will be likely developed by other companies, because the robot has a flat platform to allow other equipment with its own computer programming to be easily mounted on top of it.
SpotMini gets around with the help of cameras on its front, sides and one mounted on its rear a position that Raibert calls the "butt-cam."
Boston Dynamics already has made 10 SpotMinis with plans to manufacture about 100 more for additional testing this year before going into mass production by the middle of next year, Raibert said. No price has been set for the robot yet, though Raibert said making the latest prototype costs about one-tenth the price of earlier versions.
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The end part of the video shows the dog acting on its own.
LOL!
Sounds great until the movie ticket expires and/or has the blue screen of death. Then we need to get the humans back in to bring in some imagination LOL :-) have a great day FRiend.
And night vision. Works for me!
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“Whats next, a robo lion? A robo Siberian tiger? Not a good idea.”
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See Jon Rappoport...Guns? Coming 4-Yer BRAINS!
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GyG@PlanetWTF???
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OMG, you are right. We’re so intelligent, we’re stupid.
She was hawt back in the day.
Mini EMP devices wiil put a stop to the machines.
Hmmm, no wagglty tail. No thanks.
“...but I do not know why they call it a dog.”
For the same reason some people call a boy a girl...and a girl a boy. Fantasy world...
Oh Sarah!
They call it dog-LIKE because dogs were the form model they used.
Fahrenheit 451 dog used a poison needle. Will that suffice?
What is especially frightening is the technology already exists to make what is seen in this fictional story a reality.
It is all fun and cute until another DEMONcrat takes power, becomes president and once again labels law abiding conservatives and evangelical Christians "terrorists" (like Obomination and his evil "administration did") and "enemies of the state".
This story demonstrates how dangerous this technology is.
“unleash”
Here, Rover!
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