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This is simultaneously fascinating and spooky.
From the aspect of "use your powers for good," this can be an absolutely incredible platform for further development.




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/AO4In7d6X-c



I've watched a lot of videos on Spot and Atlas. The crew at Boston Dynamics is a bunch of geniuses and hard workers, no doubt.




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Really cool. Thanks for sharing it!



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Audience would have died laughing if Spot had lifted his leg somewhere on stage.



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Audience would have died laughing if Spot had lifted his leg somewhere on stage.

Just a minor oil leak.


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When will we see one that can run at 50 mph wearing titanium/composite armor and a short barreled, small caliber co-ax with 1000 round load-out and multiple shaped charge anti-armor limpet munitions? Imagine a whole pack of them on a modern battlefield. It’s coming...




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Audience would have died laughing if Spot had lifted his leg somewhere on stage.


Oh, I would definitely have programmed that for the presentation!




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When will we see one that can run at 50 mph wearing titanium/composite armor and a short barreled, small caliber co-ax with 1000 round load-out and multiple shaped charge anti-armor limpet munitions? Imagine a whole pack of them on a modern battlefield. It’s coming...


Boston Dynamics is clear they don't want "the platform" used for that, but we all know some third party is already drooling over the possibilities.




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Oldie but a goodie. The first thing I though of was military use. It could be sent ahead for surveillance or used for something as simple as hauling ammo.

Imagine a unit pinned down on a mountainside in Afghanistan and getting low on ammo. You could send a pack of these up loaded with .556 to replenish supplies. Or a myriad of other uses.
 
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But.... Can it skooch its butt on the carpet in front of your guests?


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Let's see that bucket of bolts leap into a lake in the early morning hours and retrieve ducks for us. That's not a 'dog'. That's a tech project.


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