The Spot dog robot from Boston dynamics costs ~$70,000 (base, no payload) and is marketed for inspection work. 
Show this thread
-
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.
Show this thread
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.
-
-
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.
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
yet, people buy Macs
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Retrieval is useful, mainly for hunting. But given that, and the general form factor (since moneys need far better balance,) they should have made it a dwarf elephant, with a prehensile trunk / robot arm on the face.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1348521700963405825 …
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.