Boston Dynamics has finally started to pivot from research towards manufacture of commercial products, with the following uses as priority:
- entertainment - the first and easiest scenario
- emergency response - eg search and rescue, surveillance
- Security - think about automating property line walks etc.
Longer term, they see their devices:
- warehouse logistics - although not clear why a wheeled robot isn’t a better fit
- parcel delivery - jumping from the back of a truck to deliver a parcel
- construction - perhaps an extension of emergency response, robots could carry heavy loads around sites
- caregiving - the ultimate scenario with the most complex requirements
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/boston-dynamics-spotminisBut what are they going to do?
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