It’s a cool robot but I’m struggling to come up with a scenario where I wouldn’t just put 70k worth of networked sensors all over my plant. Or a bunch of sensors and a few simpler wheeled robots.
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The Spot dog robot from Boston dynamics costs ~$70,000 (base, no payload) and is marketed for inspection work. 
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Come to think of it dogs are a pretty useless form factor unless you’re a hunter. Their main no-companion feature is their nose. If you could put just the nose at the end of a stick, you’d dispense with the furry backend.
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A monkey might have been better. Can climb. Could add a prehensile tail. Still, it’s cool and general enough I’d buy one if the price came down to like $1000 and it was much smaller for domestic indoor use. Chihuahua class rather than golden retriever.
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You can brand it and make your own dancing robot videos
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If you sell inspections to others, it's about the same price as the company's truck or whatever. If you don't want to send people somewhere potentially unsafe, robot goes first and is covered by insurance.
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That is actually very affordable for billionaires.
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Isn't one of its major use cases the ability to move heavy things on unpaved terrain? Seems potentially useful for construction work.
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