Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by ekianjo on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:09AM
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Current flying drones are a lot scarier thsn dogs with machine guns
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Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by MarcScott on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:14AM
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Especially when you add a flame thrower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_eEO0Cvwg
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by simion314 on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:22AM
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Are there such drones without human remote control?
What would help at least me is to see this dogs actually used for something useful where they are the best solution, what I mean used in production not demos - because I can't imagine that many scenarios where are a good solution over a drone or a robot with wheels.
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by bratcomplex on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:47AM
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Yes. Definitely. autonomous flying air craft are not new. much easier compared to anything moving on the ground. object and path detections is arguably less likely to fail being less contact with terrain.
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by delfinom on Monday March 29, 2021 @10:52AM
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>Are there such drones without human remote control?
To be realistic. Spot (the dog) is not autonomous currently either. In fact it doesn't even use "AI", all of its movements are electrical and mechanical control theory on steroids ;)
The BD customer can integrate an AI to direct movements if desired but it's not what BD ships. BD instead offers a human operated remote control with camera system.
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by simion314 on Monday March 29, 2021 @11:08AM
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Any idea What is it good for?
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by emteycz on Monday March 29, 2021 @11:55AM
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SpaceX uses them to inspect still burning crashed spaceships (minutes post-crash).
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by simion314 on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:16PM
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Do they do it for PR reasons? i assume you can use drones more effectively.
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by emteycz on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:18PM
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Why do you think so? A drone has to be piloted the whole time, while a dog can be positioned and stay there with no further piloting or energy requirement. I also imagine that piloting a drone around hissing gas and in low vision could be problematic.
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by simion314 on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:38PM
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So if SpaceX needs video of the landing/crash sites then you could buy a few drones instead of a single dog. Because of possible debris and fire on the ground I also expect a drone would be better, and if teh land is clear then a drone could also be configured to land and film from the ground(because you could afford multiple ones you can have different configurations).
I might be missing something though, a scenario where an robot with legs can do better then a flying or wheeled one.
Re:Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot designed to move...
by Mountain_Skies on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:51PM
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Fires, especially large hots ones, create wind and other aerodynamic instability.