How Boston Dynamics Is Building Its Robot Empire

[@thomasdavis8049]

“They don’t need breaks” Jeff Bezos: “Say what?”

[@JuffoWup78]

Bezos already has his own robotics company. Keeva. In fact, the surge in robotics of late was spurred by amazon buying up keeva and then turning off support to anyone else that operated keeva robots.

[@FaezMCH]

Good

[@texleeger8973]

@@JuffoWup78 Today's pop quiz: define megalomaniac. (10 points) Bonus: List five captains of industry who are examples of the above. (3 points)

[@arsvi123]

Jeff Bezos: "Neither do people"

[@davidmiletic6647]

"Say what?" ~mr. Elon Musk

[@chaosfire321]

Honestly, I think Boston Dynamics found it's best owner in Hyundai compared to it's predecessors. Google can't commit to a large moonshot project for it's life, *especially* when it comes to hardware. Softbank's robots have perpetually been in the weird entertainment and service stage and little else for over a decade. Hyundai on the other hand has decades of robotics, industrial and manufacturing experience that can greatly benefit a burgeoning and innovating new robotics company. Considering BD started selling their robots right before the buyout, Hyundai's the perfect fit for them to expand operations. Now if they get sold off *again*, then there might be something fucky with the company.

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

Exactly!

[@matt2m]

Yes more American ip out of our hands huge failure of US policy.

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

@@matt2m I’m glad Hyundai acquired BD. Now BD can get real support and make useful robots, not just for show.

[@aldomeow]

@@matt2m yeah but sk is a pretty good ally it’s not like China

[@fcbrants]

Agreed, plus Hyundai already builds a wide range of industrial robots, so they should be able to use BD IP to advance their existing products. I hate the fact that they've been sold to a South Korean company, but still glad they found an attentive & supporting parent.

[@satvikkrishna145]

I think Boston Dynamics has potential to be the leader in Robotics!

[@voxgaming2064]

@@airischan335 Here we go again....

[@anonymousanonymous4690]

Squirt game lmao

[@0x0michael]

they are

[@tylerhood5035]

Do they have competitors?

[@satvikkrishna145]

@@tylerhood5035 Tesla is. But I don't think that tesla will succeed.

[@vcaevans]

Jeff Bezos: "they don't unionize, do they? Hmmmm..."

[@abhishekdev258]

Comcast also doesn't unionise.

[@OskarMikee]

Already have robots.

[@far06c]

more like: “They don’t need breaks” Jeff Bezos: "Exxxxxxxxxxxcellent" (while putting his fingers together like Mr. Burns)

[@rodtrues1]

And the employees that deliver say they have to use the restroom in their trucks{some}, plus long hours that is limited by DOT for long distance drivers, but they have been exempted from those laws. Who got paid? Not a good look Jeff Bezos, rethinking my patronage, treating your employees fairly goes a long way with me…

[@amirmoradi9595]

Nice! The national grid employees got early access to the steam deck.

[@jannebaever706]

Hello

[@shazmosushi]

Was that an actual Steam Deck? Or was it a similar portable PC?

[@amirmoradi9595]

@@shazmosushi yes

[@igorgrodzki]

@@shazmosushi its a custom android tablet

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Robots will do so much good to everyone. One day they will be so human that they will become our friends.

[@handlemonium]

Boston Dynamics should go on a round-the-world marathon with Atlas.

[@MrAsianman987]

yes

[@michaelwang6125]

Softbank brought it for 165$Million from google in 2017 Sold it to Korea's Hyundai for 880 million (kept 20% stake) I wonder what was the original price when BD sold their company to ABC

[@chaosfire321]

Unfortunately, the recent hysteria over their robots probably means they'll be vandalized like that one robot in Philadelphia.

[@fatbasterd5195]

It'll take years. And not one of them will be left in one piece by the time they reach 10%

[@AllIsWellaus]

I've been following this company for a number of years, specifically the robots and their development. It's amazing in what they've achieved.

[@siphotheguy1870]

Following on you tube like everyone else? That awesome dog!

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Finally a 200 year old dream of robots is becoming a reality :) :)

[@dlewis8405]

If a war breaks out I could easily see Atlas being scaled up to large volume production with an M4 for an arm.

[@TheMattsem]

There is no IF it's WHEN

[@oscar.p3214]

Why ? Just put a 223 on spot with face recognition and a claymore . At theses prices go nuts . Sneak, shoot , charge , explode … you could order a few hundred thousands of the things and bingo insta terminator .

[@dlewis8405]

@@oscar.p3214 Yeah that would be more cost effective. We should probably just stay out of foreign wars though if possible. We have figured out how cheap life is in some places.

[@oscar.p3214]

@@dlewis8405 I agree but this sadly opens doors were not ready for

[@dlewis8405]

@@oscar.p3214 I sort of doubt it will ever be necessary but then again I would rather be the country that can build killer robots rather than the other country.

[@monicaperez2843]

Think Spot the robot dog would make an excellent Seeing Eye dog.

[@darrinbrunner6429]

What's wrong with actual seeing eye dogs? They last many years, work for pets and food, and provide emotional support as well as service. I see a machine as a pale imitation of a real dog, and not anywhere close to as smart.

[@nocgaming7718]

@@darrinbrunner6429 Send that real dog into to a damaged nuclear reactor

[@chaosfire321]

@@darrinbrunner6429 Because maybe some folks don't need a special companion animal to care for, just a tool?

[@bahrant3]

thats a great idea

[@Voloskaya]

@@nocgaming7718 Ah yes, damaged nuclear reactors, the favorite place for blind people to hang around. Thanks for your insights.

[@mashitta5969]

These robots must be useful when disaster like earthquake occurs.

[@mawungeteye6609]

They should send them to Mars to aid the rovers

[@thakatspajamaz]

Nah they'll almost exclusively used by cops (as they are now) and the military to assault people both at home and abroad. Like how most advanced tech is used.

[@Razordreamz]

I can't remember the name of the company but I did see a snake like robot to do this. Having the format of a snake lets the bot get into small spaces to look for survivors, to help rescue teams focus their efforts.

[@brandonvelde5774]

@@thakatspajamaz That's unrealistically pessimistic if I'm being honest, especially now since the coronavirus pandemic has forced the medical field to modernize at an accelerating pace.

[@TEC_Stuff]

Story synopsis, SoftBank purchased B.D. In 2017 for 165 million, then in 2020 sold 80% stake for 880 million. A profit of more than 715 million for 3 years ownership = obscene. Great potential, but DARPA money from U.S. Taxpayers never received any of that kind of return on their investment. Maybe Hyundai, with their shipping empire, and quicker acceptance of proof of concept, will provide stable ownership. A number of years ago, people thought neither Roomba vacuums nor flying drones would ever be affordably priced enough for people to own.

[@redaries2198]

2:25 - “They never get bored, they don’t need breaks. They’re just relentless.” …why does this remind me of how Kyle Reese described Terminators to Sarah Conner in the first Terminator movie.

[@noth1ngnss921]

The awkward use of "relentless" right after mentioning that "they don't need breaks" felt like they were intentionally hinting at Amazon to me.

[@kenandemren6290]

Was just about to make this comment when I heard that. Lmao

[@linhhoang1363]

That's scary...

[@zee9276]

or Black Mirror

[@Grandesecole]

Hyundai’s decision to aquire Boston Dynamics was a smart move.

[@ganaspin]

Great product! It's really exciting to see such a piece of prime technology coming to the market nowadays. What a great time to be alive!

[@iternityhuman1782]

Spot has a run time of 1 hour, Atlas can has a half hour run time, they need a major advancement in batteries.BD has incredible tech no doubt.

[@abdelsaid9663]

Exactly, any robotic system is only as good as its power store.

[@andybaldman]

Just buy 24 of them and you can run all day.

[@g00rb4u]

Yeah, kinda contradict's the statement "they don't need to take breaks"

[@Jzhongzhi]

@@andybaldman lol the problem here is that you can hire a migrant worker at minimum wage to do the same thing and more for five or more years for the same price.

[@andybaldman]

@@Jzhongzhi That doesn't work too well when you're sending them into dangerous environments.

[@itsking2u]

All of this is really pretty cool and things that I've imagine as a kid, As a man now all I can see is this putting more people out of work but also still cool.

[@ennuiii]

advocate for better politicians that rework economies as less labor is needed.

[@jarjarbinks6018]

I hope that the market expands at a similar rate to this automation so the impact isn’t so bad but I’m not sure what will happen tbh. I know a lot of guys who started working at the Amazon warehouse because they could get $15/hour with pretty flexible schedules. The work conditions weren’t great but the pay was good compared to other options so it would hurt if that completely went away

[@PeterPaoliello]

You're right, and that's a good thing because it gets humans away from manual labour jobs and into support roles. Robot wranglers, maintainers, programmers, these are all jobs which are better for people.

[@ennuiii]

@@PeterPaoliello there isn't enough demand in those fields to support literally 10s of millions of labor workers though.

[@PeterPaoliello]

@@ennuiii that's where things like UBI becomes important over time, but as for right now human labour is far too cheap to be a threat to robotics. I don't think the gap will be as big as you think in the long term where automation breaks into new industries which were not practical for humans to do but ultimately require human support.

[@abhijithbelthazar1898]

In the future, this video will be displayed in a museum.

[@HarrisonAdAstra]

It’s made by Cnbs, so I doubt it.

[@saidufofanah2210]

@@HarrisonAdAstra 😂😂

[@barnstar2077]

I love how he says only a small number of people think they are creepy. I think most people think they are cool AND creepy as hell!

[@commandershinigami]

Could you imagine if a robot actually showed up on your morning run and just 11:23

[@Mario-gq2xb]

If they are targeting industries like warehousing then they need to stop overcomplicating the process. Fancy robots that are expensive won't replace simple robots that get the same job done already.

[@davetasos]

yea they targeting industries like warehousing, thats why they get funds from darpa

[@chaosfire321]

@@davetasos They specifically don't. Google canceled those ages ago. Not sure the DoD has much control over a South Korean megacorp.

[@sskullnox]

I think Boston Dynamics has a massive potential in the creation of cybernetics as well. They're pretty much the closest to a Chappie like event horizon as well. As I age, I for one want to be immortal and wouldn't mind at all becoming part robot as my organs shut down in very old age.

[@msujonbd]

How exactly will you be become part robot?

[@sskullnox]

@@msujonbd How isn't up to me, but whether I'm willing is. Plus robot isn't what I would want, cyborg is a very specific term.

[@neoliberalerneandertaler9347]

@@sskullnox androgyn

[@teenytinytoons]

I do not want to be immortal. Too curious about the afterlife.

[@user-nw8jr1dk9p]

@@teenytinytoons well, what if there's nothing after we die. What if what people claim to have seen after dying is simply just our brain making us feel better about seizing to exist ? The brain releases DMT when someone is closer to death. This DMT hallucinates things which some people may consider" the after life" into your brain.

[@Freddie_Dunning-Kruger_Jr.]

Only history can tell

[@siriyakcr]

It opened the door for commercial robots 😎

[@sabofx]

Finally an in-dept video about Boston Dynamics!! 🤗 Keep em coming plz!

[@jannebaever706]

Hi

[@sabofx]

@@jannebaever706 Sup, Janne?

[@darylhudema3286]

I honestly like the idea of having robots around to help out, the BIG problem is that ordinary people, like me, can't afford them, so it's mostly other companies that buy them, and not the average person walking down the street

[@Elimbi1]

you will be able to afford them..... in 20 years

[@YTStopCensoringFreedomOfspeech]

@@Elimbi1 Actually technology is changing the pace of society so fast, these things will become cheaper and more affordable as time continues. The only thing stopping this development are politicians such as the American elite who do selfish things like hurt the semi conductor industry. If US military industrial complex don't start WW3, our future will be fine, China is focused on development of renewable technology while the US refuses to move off fossil fuels.

[@dentonfender6492]

Can't wait! Love Robots!

[@JJs_playground]

Make *Atlas* able to do general Household tasks (clean room, load / unload dishwasher, etc...) available for $10,000 and it will sell like hotcakes.

[@andybaldman]

I’d trade my wife in for one.

[@RasakBlood]

Spot. The alot smaller and less complex one cost like $100,000 so yea that wont happen.

[@TreeFish707]

@suspicionofdeceit that’s a funny!

[@JJs_playground]

@@RasakBlood it's called *economies of scale* , of course it will happen. It'll just take some time. I still remember in 1996 / 1997 my work purchased 24" flat screen TVs for $25,000 CDN each one. Fast forward to today they give you a free 24" flat screen TV when you buy a mattress or signup for a credit card. Heck, 2 years ago I purchased a *4K, 55"* TV for $750 CDN.

[@jiminverness]

​@@RasakBlood _"Spot. The alot smaller and less complex one cost like $100,000 so yea that wont happen."_ ...until it goes into mass production.

[@AllIsWellaus]

3:16 Now that was a dystopian looking robot. :)

[@idus]

They aren’t competitors. Boston is in a field of their own. Boston just has features no company has. No one can compete.

[@chaosfire321]

Weeell, they aren't really alone in the legged robotic space right now. ANYbotics, Ghost Robotics, Unitree, and Xiaomi at least.

[@out_on_bail]

I want a robot dog to guard my property and walk around the perimeter and film anyone who walks on my land

[@tisser-k9d]

Only recording may be allowed but robot dog for a guarding purpose? I don’t think people will allow that

[@guardianoffire8814]

​@@tisser-k9d In some rural parts of the U.S., farmers and ranchers can shoot people on site for trespassing. There is usually a sign around. So if the U.S. govt one day chooses to allow it; those robot dogs could eliminate the trespasser for the farm or rancher. Remember only good guy with a robot dog stops a bad guy with a gun or simply stepping on your grass.

[@tisser-k9d]

@@guardianoffire8814 that will be horrible. A robot dog with a gun? Lol that's some hollywood movie material

[@signinforthebestexperience3461]

@@tisser-k9d I'd buy two robot hellhounds, I'll call them Ruby and Sapphire, I throw them a stick and they'd being me an arm and a head 🥺

[@zollen123]

while mining bitcoins.

[@SapphiR3_]

I just want to have the Loader Bots from Borderlands 2!!! And Atlas is def the coolest Bot they have in my opinion

[@divinegod4281]

Can't wait to own 1 or 2

[@michaelwang6125]

so softbank brought it for 165$Million from google in 2017 Sold it to Korea's Hyundai for 880 million (kept 20% stake) I wonder what was the original price when BD sold their company to ABC

[@jarjarbinks6018]

I think they may be correct about how these various robotics companies will most likely be dominant in their regional markets instead of the wider global market because of the data security concerns they listed. Nevertheless it’s exciting to see innovation in these industrial markets

[@jannebaever706]

Hello

[@stefanwolf8558]

Yeah that was a pretty stupid move for Google imo. They made 180 BILLION dollars in 2020 so $50 for this is literally chump change for the potential benefits/profits that it could produce.

[@jannebaever706]

@@stefanwolf8558 Hello

[@jannebaever706]

How are you doing today

[@abhishekdev258]

Well placed advertisement

[@germancarrasco2028]

50 million USD/year for R&D too much??? The US spent 200 million USD/day in Afghanistan for 20 year straight and gives regularly several Billions USD to Israel....

[@jannebaever706]

Hello

[@RisingInTheFlesh]

We need to stop giving Israel money

[@RisingInTheFlesh]

@@thomashahn2962 even after the Lavon affair and the USS liberty incidents? Nah, they just wanna rope the US into their wars and give them more money. Israeli government needs to go, the land belongs to Muslims, jews and Christians.

[@greglewis8041]

Love Boston Dynamics ❤!

[@IIISentorIII]

"They don’t need breaks" But the power lasts 50 minutes 😅

[@strauss7151]

I'm buying one as soon as it's price drops to $10k.

[@jacobbernard1393]

I understand the concern regarding automation of the workforce, but I really don't think there's any way to fight the future in this case, and rather than trying to legislate them out of use, I think we need to petition our governments to prepare for the establishment of a more-generous social-infrastructure, leveraging the enormous boosts to economic-productivity to pad tax coffers (which will be its own challenge, at least here in the US). Things will probably have to get pretty bad, as far as unemployment, but when corporations have no more customers to purchase their goods and services, they'll have no choice but to lobby for social programs like UBI. It'll definitely be rough, as our society navigates this disruption.

[@attatawil]

Ok so let’s me get this straight, you’ll have fewer and fewer people doing anything productive, and you’ll have robots doing more and more of the work… and you think that the people who are at the top in control would see the solution to this problem is to tax themselves more so that they can give you free money so that you can breed more and more useless eaters? Hahah ya RIGHT! The obvious solution is less people and that is horrifying

[@winstonsdystopia4955]

@@attatawil Exactly. And those at the top are talking openly about this now.

[@npc2480]

The second these big corporations gets taxed to oblivion due to UBI, they’ll close up shop and move to another country. So keep dreaming. Only a communist society that has total control of companies would entertain UBI.

[@jacobbernard1393]

@@npc2480 Who do you think will buy those corporations'' products if the population doesn't have any income?

[@npc2480]

@@jacobbernard1393 the thing about corporations in a capitalist country is that they only plan till the next quarterly report. If the population in X country has no money then they will move to another country where the populations has money. CEO’s need to focus on keeping their share holders happy. I know you are thinking about what happens if the whole world’s population has no money but like I said, they don’t plan that far ahead, they will cross that bridge when they get there. However, in my opinion a country like China where the state is partial owner of corporations would be the only country successful in implementing UBI.

[@iceinthepark]

There is a small fraction of people that say it's creepy - this is a lie, the majority of people think it's creepy, because it is

[@blackaugust2035]

Maybe try housecleaning or babysitting. There'd be a large market for Robotics. Highly looking forward to fully automated future 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@PresidentialWinner]

That's kind of funny, but kind of not. Babysitting kids at what age? When it's very young, the robot will not be very useful if there is an emergency, and when the kid is a teenager, it would seriously feel like an invasion of privacy and just weird if a robot dog followed the kid to everywhere he went...and you could do that with just cameras in your house (which would also be creepy if you were monitoring your teenagers all the time) it'll need autonomy but more importantly it will have to be a companion before it can be a babysitter, so it doesn't feel like a camera, but a buddy. And that kind of robot will take time.

[@RainyRainy123]

I imagine most kids wouldnt like being around a machine watching them

[@perfectsplit5515]

[Knock, knock] "Sarah Conner?" "Yes?" [BANG!!!!!!!!!!!]

[@adambancroft408]

This is incredibly interesting and I look forward to what Boston Dynamics brings to the table throughout the years. :-D

[@houseofahmun_1761]

This is the ERA of Man and Man is not impressed. Man has created much to remove "spots" ......... LOL ....... Nice going.

[@josephbennett3482]

Spot would be a great addition for fire departments and law enforcement for search and rescue and for law enforcement officers to locate and observe individuals without them knowing then sneak up on them.

[@MsDemonBunny]

I can envision military use, security, search & rescue or recovery, even space exploration. But I kept coming back to how helpful some of these designs are for people who might otherwise have to leave their homes due to disability or age/health issues. Some of these little guys could help them stay in their homes or apartments, help them manage meds, monitor for seizures or such, monitor for fire or carbon monoxide alarms for the deaf, keep those with dementia from wandering off alone (perhaps keeping doors locked or following someone while calling a family member or police, like a silver alert). Also could keep an eye on the nanny or home health aide to ensure they are doing their job and not neglecting or abusing someone defenseless. Maybe assist those who are caregivers by allowing them more time to take care of themselves by helping in some ways. So long as none of them go V.I.K.I. on us, this could be great.

[@onuralagoz6531]

Fun fact. Spot designed and developed for military. It supposed to carry inventory for soldiers in field. But it was too noisy to work in battlefield where stealth is a must.

[@josenino7140]

Hopefully they can still develop Knightframes, mobile suits, mobile armor and GUNDAMS...

[@ruuddoniyoga7077]

Gurren Lagan too

[@josenino7140]

@@ruuddoniyoga7077 Gurren Lagan is not realistic.

[@PresidentialWinner]

@@josenino7140 Wait, a galaxy scale robotic mech inside a mech inside a mech inside a mech inside a mech isn't realistic?

[@semco72057]

DARPA have been working on robotics and improving the ones they have designed and built over time. The company should not be sold to anyone outside the U.S., or U.K. to keep Chinese interest from getting their technology.

[@ihcend]

and it hasn't been both japan, and south Korea aren't extremely friendly with china

[@wilson8013]

This will help companies struggling with the labor shortage

[@Wedneswere]

a robot reminding us to distance during a pandemic will make everyone bubble over with joy. especially when that robot is on its way to the job you had yesterday. do the robots provide us with a social safety net? do they let you ride them?? i hope so, that would be fun.

[@John-zilla]

Definitely this is the future. Not 10 years later, just 2 or 3 years later.

[@HarrisonAdAstra]

Explain why.

[@erdemmemisyazici3950]

I think the security question is always a big one. Just like people ask, "who will deliver the first explosives using fully self-driving cars?" People will ask similar questions here. Hackers hacking smart homes today can do evil things like heat up your house through the smart AC controls maybe boil your water while showering hacking the smart temperature controls, but they can't stab you while you're sleeping. This enables that as an attack vector.

[@roachqueen1973]

Not a hacking situation, but a scary personal experience just the same for me. My former landlord had everything connected via either Google or Alexa including his digital thermostat. I was the only one in the home at the time & took a phone call from my case manager w/ my insurance company so I was discussing HIPAA info. Walked past the thermostat and it asked me to repeat what I said. I freaked out because I had no idea that the thermostat was powered by Alexa. I immediately disabled that feature on the thermostat as well as turned off the echo that was in the same room. And walked upstairs, closed my bedroom door, and continued my call there where there wasn’t any AI enabled devices. I’ve told friends and family who have all these smart devices in their home to turn that -ish off.

[@ejaazidris1649]

Business all the way 👍👍👍

[@far06c]

“They don’t need breaks” Jeff Bezos: "Exxxxxxcellent" (while putting his fingers together like Mr. Burns)

[@jjandrooney]

Boston Dynamics: Spot is extremely high tech Xiaomi: ok

[@pankajseerapu3902]

Either the thumbnail has been updated or they have changed the title of the video , I remember it being " Can Boston Dynamics be profitable ? "

[@robertskitch]

If a video isn't getting the optimum amount of views then channels often change the thumbnail and title to see if they can get more clicks.

[@Flopsaurus]

Finally, a good video on Boston Dynamics! Thank you!

[@gabrieledunst]

They are expensive but I'd love to have one

[@sanforce]

Best of luck to Hyundai and other South Korean owned companies!!

[@BrianWardPlus]

What is to stop people from using this technology to create an army?

[@neeljavia2965]

It's not that easy

[@RasakBlood]

The one hour battery life for one.

[@jbone9900]

@@RasakBlood put a V8 in it.

[@rohitsinghsharma5012]

Cost. Human beings are more cheap than robots. A big fighter jet is more cheap then a drone with AI.

[@johnnybc1520]

Nothing and we are going to die. It's a certainty

[@BobbyIronsights]

Robots are cool, I wish I could go back in time and work harder in school

[@in4cer457]

Can you imagine walking to Target & punch in on a tablet that what you would like to purchase & a robot takes you to your isles??? Talking about efficiency!!!

[@lil----lil]

They look kinda....cute. Is it just me?

[@MDM-bm8lc]

With these new droids, imagine how fast we could colonize LV-426. Someone needs to get on the horn with Weyland-Yutani Corp. pronto.

[@MikeBellamy2]

I'm just waiting for XJ-9. Iykyk

[@MrMawnster]

I want agriculture robots. Solar Panels and those at-last-finally-cheap-powerful batteries. My farm is almost closed loop and regenerative already but it's so much labor for me. I have some many things I want to implement but ughhh lol. With robots I don't have to pay...just buy and get programmed and charge up....boom...we hit such a massive sustainable food cycle and carbon goals haha.

[@marca7542]

We’ll get there eventually buddy :)

[@SkepticalChris]

I Want to see these robots, help the disabled, like the elderly, and people who are confined to wheelchairs, to let them use stairs and carry them around without the need for them to use wheels.

[@Hung_Nguyen_90]

Those disabled about to do some super hero landing 🤣🤣🤣

[@Maybe1Someday]

I want to see 10 dog robots race up a steep hiking trail. It could be like gambling on horse racing

[@abdulhamidmuktar9763]

Fabricating a good deal of robots will never be fatal to human intelligence rather it will minimize daily labor.

[@jimmarburger611]

I think Boston Dynamics should embrace the creepy/dark aspect of robot fiction. How about making Spot's head randomly split open like the sled dogs' head did in that 1982 John Carpenter's "The Thing" with Kurt Russel. For you youngsters, google it. It's a bit dated but wow, just wow. Make a charging station with an ugly knife like charging probe that Spot impales itself upon when it needs power. Couple that with some suitable pitiful dying screams and whimpers and you'd have a nightmare in the making. The best yet, have Spot randomly approach people and whisper something seriously creepy. Oh, the possibilities! A good video is the one where a guy programs Spot to pee beer into a red plastic cup like the ones they play beer pong with, lol. I'm sorry, I get this way when subjected to corporate speak by company reps. I really think Spot and the others are cool, and the progress they and others have made in the field of robotics is impressive. Keep up the awesome work. BTW, can you make a big Pokeball that Spot can fit in? If I could just throw it I'd be golden.

[@TheMattsem]

Yeah give the people what they want right

[@kathyschreiber9947]

That's a great idea. They've been in business 30+ years and haven't invented anything useful and have gotten $$millions from the government. The horror film aspect will definitely save them and be great entertainment.

[@UniversalPioneer]

I want a Spot and train it to pick up garbage. Us humans are dirty and cities are not getting any better and I’m tired of seeing parks trashed. Robots are the key to lots of our problems and bad habits.

[@LowMedow]

It's Still Gonna Take Awhile.... Like 25yrs 👽

[@MrScreaminglarry]

Straight to the military, this will end well im sure.

[@edwardvictormartin7511]

Oh they're giving the robots a empire now? Smart idea.

[@georghanslmaier9086]

Imo construction is a really huge market for robotics

[@HughChing]

A robot should defined as an intelligent machine which can safely make contact with an uncontrolled environment. “Seeing with the mind”, not just the eyes and other senses, is demonstrated by enguneers with vector graphics. I would suggest that engineers focus working on a collision impact mitigation system for its car/robot. Solving the Contact Problem, unsolved by Japan’s Sixth Generation Computer Science, Robotics, and companies, such as Honda, SoftBank, Boston Dynamics, and Tesla, and all physicists, will be a breakthrough of historical significance.

[@JJs_playground]

Google is dumb for selling Boston Dynamics. With BD hardware and Google/Deepmind AI it would be killer.

[@HarrisonAdAstra]

AI isn’t just a all round thing, it is very complex and not that easy.

[@JJs_playground]

@@HarrisonAdAstra I don't deny that, but Google / Alphabet has the resources and know-how to crack the AGI problem.

[@HarrisonAdAstra]

@@JJs_playground AI is not a problem, neural networking is already a thing

[@JJs_playground]

@@HarrisonAdAstra i was referring more about AGI. We still don't have have NN that are at the same level as human intelligence.

[@walkerpaulp6526]

Yup Boston Dynamics their work is incredible sometimes it makes me think are those human brains or robotic brains?

[@2drealms196]

CNBC headline tomorrow: Boston Dynamics guaranteed interns job if they donate brain.

[@jimmarburger611]

Def human brains.

[@gaming4K]

140 million views doesn't mean that 140 million people saw that video. . . Little thing but so misleading in fact i probably saw that video at least twice on youtube. .

[@andybaldman]

Google should buy these guys.

[@rhinoTube]

Will this idea ever be used for mobility impaired people? I can imagine putting a seat on a robot that can walk up and down stairs

[@ronaldwarren6262]

I BELIEVE ROBOT'S ARE THE FUTURE .😎

[@jacobkeller29]

How much money did USA taxpayers invest through DARPA so that a foreign company could take ownership of Boston Dynamics? Maybe the government should not approved the sale

[@cogoid]

The "good" thing is that these hundreds of millions went almost entirely to the paychecks of the engineers having fun. They never produced a useful product -- not until Japanese really asked them a few years ago.

[@IvanGoldBit]

8:48 that was my first job after high school I was a unloader only worked for 3-4 months I said screw that and started working for myself. Now robots will take that job lol companies got save money......

[@Clyde]

This is more interesting than HER EMAILS!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?

[@allanchurm]

can see these going to mars with the cargo starships

[@piggynatorcool668]

Robots better end world hunger because if they take over all the minimum wage jobs yet us humans still have to work to survive that is going to be a problem. We should use them as a backbone of our society, they should be serving the human race as a whole, not just billionaires

[@IvanGarcia-cx5jm]

It seems community colleges need to expand their programs in robotics to have technicians to fix these robots at least in Massachusetts.

[@robertplatt1693]

Robots need to be customized to individual tasks. And they thus need custom support personnel. That really places a limit on upward growth. The fact that they have not been successful even though they have been around a long time, and the fact that they needed to solicit government customers (never a great sign for a tech biz) shows me there are problems ahead for all robot companies.

[@ganaspin]

For space exploration, I believe nuclear batteries would be the ideal fit for Spot. In such harsh environnement, it's not good to bet the robot will be able to come back to base as planned to get a recharge. Nor it is responsable to count on solar panels, since a dust storm could easily ruin the panels.

[@JerryDLTN]

If robots are to visual inspection jobs, seems like it would be easier for small flying drones to do the job instead of also having to worry where walking robots stepped.

[@22jawky]

Time to get into the robot repair businesse

[@davedave9]

I had a stroke reading the title

[@BargSlarg]

Saw spot in Battlefield 2042 :)

[@chuck3938]

The real Belters. A small army of Spots landing on Psych 16.