Introducing Stretch | Boston Dynamics

Meet Stretch, a prototype of our new robot designed to automate box moving tasks in warehouses and distribution centers. Stretch’s mobile base allows it to go to where repetitive box lifting is required - unloading trucks, building pallets of boxes and order building. Stretch makes warehouse operations more efficient and safer for workers.
Stretch’s technology builds upon our decades of advancements in robotics to create a flexible, easily integrated solution that can be deployed in any warehouse. Learn more at www.bostondynamics.com/stretch.
#WarehouseRobotics #BostonDynamics #WarehouseAutomation

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Wait until the robot figures out it can get the packages off the truck faster by throwing them. Truly human like behavior.

[@argiedude3762]

Imagine just walking by and get hit by a crate full of Funko Pop just because an automated crane thought it would be faster that way

[@nick_0]

Yes AI will find the most efficient pathway but only fit to the parameters they're programmed for, if that efficient pathway also endangers the product inside the packages the AI won't do it

[@theWACKIIRAQI]

Been there done that 😆

[@nick_0]

@@Azuriitko Yes sorry :)

[@catbertz]

These robots are performing 1950's style "careful shipping" labor. They'll catch up fast, and deliver cutting-edge 2020 style "efficient delivery", ie "get that shit out the door asap!1!". 😂

[@Hoot]

Warehouse workers: _Hehheh, i'm in trouble_

[@sendmeplantpics]

@@PaulChabot Yeah, we all know it doesn't work like that

[@TheThirdEnergy]

@@PaulChabot autonomy in the workforce is scary if you are poor and rely on physical labour like yhis to make ends meet starts with self serve checkouts and robots building cars soon everything will be autonomous and everyone like me will be out of work some of us can't grasp technology and will be left behind hate it just makes the top 1% richer all the rest of us plebs suffer the consequences of their greed

[@untraceablefgc-9mkii251]

@@TheThirdEnergy and that why my friend we need the means of production to be owned by the people(unironicall)

[@atrocious_pr0xy]

Our warehouse guy did fuck all anyways. Got fired recently. I like when i have control over warehouse work. Part of his job was to supply us with material to run, but we couldn't depend on him, so i always preferred to do it since i could trust my timing. Robots will end up needing someone to go reset an error or otherwise maintain it. Until they make maintenance robots that can troubleshoot even external issues around the robot, a lot of jobs are still safe.

[@leinad112]

@@atrocious_pr0xy "Until they make maintenance robots that can troubleshoot even external issues around the robot, a lot of jobs are still safe." - and that's when the machine revolution will start. :)

[@dandymcgee]

I can't wait until Michael Reeves gets his hands on one of these.

[@dash.]

Just have to with and see

[@insertnamehere9242]

Indeed

[@onetruetreetree]

Stick a taser on it

[@redacted_4u]

He won't get one, he will make one...

[@JesusGonzalez-kh8df]

HE DID GET ONE! Lol the PissBot 9000 . Epic

[@adriantegenfeldt1661]

I loved when stretch just lifted spot and kinda wondered: what's this thing?

[@johngrindal7587]

Other robots: “yay, we’re gonna do fun dances” Stretch: “I’m gonna take your fucking job”

[@antonioalves5991]

WRONGFUL, think in what you need to make a robot! That its like to make autos or any other thing! The machines did not take jobs, they created new jobs and new oportunities !

[@monstrositylabs]

@@antonioalves5991 I agree. But that won't stop people using the hysteria to bring forth communism, totalitarianism of sorts.

[@johngrindal7587]

@@antonioalves5991 I’m a third year computer science student and I’ve designed programs for autonomous robotics, it was a joke dude.

[@jenevivelancia3012]

@@antonioalves5991 so, a joke is kind of like when you mean something but not really because it's funny. Traditionally a joke can be anything that's funny.

[@ReaganKimberley]

They all want your job, or maybe not yours specifically but they are all only too happy to lead to the next unemployment crisis, employers don't want pesky human workers anymore. All of that sick leave, overtime pay and god forbid even wages! Just buy a few units of spot and stretch and never pay for more than the occasional repair man again!

[@aaron26c]

The idea of robots taking over our jobs is quite a stretch. Boston Dynamics: Introducing Stretch

[@douglasnewman4163]

Absolutely *not* a stretch. Why are these robots being developed then? And pull out the, by now, old canard, "They are meant to do the work that is unsafe for humans". They are being developed to do any and all functions that humans can do and more. *And* you don’t have to pay them or put up with union demands. In the end, it’s all about wealth acquisition and control of the masses. (More probably, mass elimination by disenfranchisement in many, many ways. Complete BS, Boston Dynamics. $ $ $ $ $ $ and control, quite simply.

[@mrtoolegittoquit2]

LMFAO 🤣

[@mattizzle81]

@@douglasnewman4163 whoosh

[@mrtoolegittoquit2]

@@suripat No, they're not. Who told you this? Haha! You fool.

[@aaron26c]

@@suripat comment wasn't meant to be factual, dad.

[@CanadianPrepper]

You may as well invest in this company, at least you will enjoy your last days with some extra fiat to burn

[@DeirdreYoung1]

"General warehouse work" - the next job going away soon.

[@dude-jk2hn]

Regular worker invests in company? Sounds like news headline.

[@FinalFrontier101]

One of my favorite youtubers

[@MyLittleMagneton]

I don't think they're public

[@dudepool7530]

Luddite. "The end is nigh!" How long have you morons been preaching this shit in one way or another? Remember the Rapture, I do.

[@velksa6835]

Awww the way the spot looks so happy when it starts walking gets me for some reason

[@jamieholmes4391]

Amazon Workers: "We want to unionize!" Boston Dynamics: "Introducing Stretch"

[@ReaganKimberley]

Funny comment format, chilling content.

[@Drinkyoghurt]

honestly this is the best thing to happen to them. All technological change is met with fear and outcry for "loss of jobs". It happened when computers first came about, now it's about automization. We've managed fine through all these changes. You don't see people going around with a candle lighting street lamps anymore do you? Warehouse jobs do absolutely nothing for the people who work them. It's a tedious, monotonous job with little room for personal growth, high wear on the body and the mind.

[@AZOffRoadster]

@@Drinkyoghurt Unemployed is better than employed? No matter how menial the job was? Guess they'll just have to learn to write software. It is a good ad for UBI.

[@jeffhruska8626]

​@@Drinkyoghurt The industrial revolution didn't end jobs except for the horse. With ai we're the horse.

[@lolcatjunior]

@@Drinkyoghurt Not, worthless, some people need to put food on the table and society today is not giving people any other options.

[@TF_Tony]

I can already imagine Jeff Bezos' tears of joy at the thought that robots can't unionize.

[@pauldeddens5349]

That, or it turns into Futurama where all the robots become alcoholics.

[@georgee1405]

Or can they?!

[@granjuas]

Watch the animatrix

[@mastergonggi6652]

YET.

[@TankUni]

Jeff Bezo's ex-wife always knew when a new Boston Dynamics video's dropped. She couldn't walk straight for days afterwards.

[@KiiXii]

Imagine getting pissed on by a robot dog from your own company that was modified by Michael reaves.

[@MarcoDToon]

Man I hate that guy

[@comrade_ice7554]

@@MarcoDToon bruh why

[@lilsharky7459]

@@comrade_ice7554 leave him stay in his own hatred. We are just going to enjoy boston dynamics getting pissed on by Michael

[@KiiXii]

@@lilsharky7459 it already happened :)

[@gorantomacruz5238]

Bring this to the top!!!

[@PaulLongva]

I work for a logistics & transport company & I've yet to see a container packed like this, I would love to see it in a "real world" situation.

[@klingy]

With robots both loading and unloading trucks, much more compact stacking is possible. I’ve worked in outbound at a factory, people build walls and lots of times shit is just thrown behind it. I see no issue with automating shitty jobs that no one wants to do anyways. It also opens up new jobs and opportunities by filling the grunt work with automation.

[@razgvozd]

Having humans doing better things with their brains will change how humanity works... I hope every robot job can be done by a robot.

[@erikshure360]

Looks like DHL is making use of them now.

[@MisterItchy]

I love how Stretch takes the boxes and just drops them on the floor but he gently places the little robot puppy down on its feet!

[@bodybait]

That might be a bit more programmed than it appears. The box drop is about the same height as the dog drop. You only need to program one release for three items.

[@ellaelliott4415]

This robot reminds a me little bit of Handle (I think?) but smoother

[@pvic6959]

robots take care of eachother we should be worried, but I for one am ready for our robot overlords

[@pvic6959]

@@bodybait oh its 100% programmed lol. people tend to think its 100% autonomous, but for demo videos like this, there are usually precoded instructions. thats how they get them to "dance" and stuff

[@IDKndIDK]

Lol if you think thats treating a package poorly, don't ever walk into a warehouse

[@Michael-pm8fl]

Amazon CEO: "These machines dont pee right?"

[@Amaha98]

No lunch breaks either

[@kevngu7256]

Or healthcare

[@kiwishizzle]

"They can if you want them to." "What?" "Nothing, nothing. These are perfectly normal and wholesome robots."

[@hewitc]

"No, but they belong to the Robotics Local 52"

[@trevormars5370]

Under rated comment

[@Kubaadamiec]

0:50 POV youre the national geographic camera man seeing 2 Strectches mating.

[@PatVu]

"Uh...hey Paul? Jeff Bezos is on line 1, he wants to know if we have anything to show that'll destroy a union movement? Should I upload that thing?"

[@MM-kj5sq]

we are heading into a dangerous dystopia

[@temmietemmieson6756]

Exactly

[@kraigadams]

saw this in factorio

[@TheDavan619]

5/10

[@charlesbenca5357]

Yep. Not amazed

[@rizzorepulsive7704]

can't wait until we have a dyson sphere's worth of drones flying above us delivering every bit of material you need

[@Impuls3css]

You have time to play factorio when hiking all over the world ? Impressive 😁 Really enjoy your content mate !

[@arandomperson8336]

Stretch mod - take inserter, add wheels. BOOM!

[@Darkenblod]

Just waiting here for the Boston: become human trailer

[@thesteamengineer442]

That's probably gonna be the name of the sequel, sponsored by Boston Dynamics.

[@etherealstars5766]

@@thesteamengineer442 Boston is only responsible for the movement part though. Wonder who would make the Sentient AI...hmmm...Elon Musk?....no, no. Mlon Eusk. There we go.

[@thesteamengineer442]

@@etherealstars5766 No no, we use Siri to limit its intelligence until we find a better one.

[@samuelberghuvud5527]

I'd watch that

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

@@etherealstars5766 Elon Would more probably make something to control it using your brain (Neuralink)

[@taseronify]

In a world where all boxes are perfectly shaped, clean and intact...

[@judifrancy6732]

And empty

[@Amygdalum]

There's something so innately bizarre yet beautiful about these machines. It feels like something that shouldn't be real just yet.

[@TiaguinhouGFX]

It's because this is the cutting edge.

[@Waffles1313]

I'm honestly more impressed by the suction cups than the robotics.

[@FuckinGaming]

Those robots have to be loud as shit if they're creating that much suction. I feel like the video dramatically decreased the audio. Maybe not though 🤷‍♂️

[@Jbolo123]

@@FuckinGaming why would it matter

[@veggiebag]

@@FuckinGaming Yes but robot arm on wheels

[@blinded6502]

Maybe those aren't suction cups, but a gecko tape

[@imVexedBruh]

That's probably a big selling point especially because it seems to work nicely without damaging anything, although those boxes may be empty. I'd like to see how much weight it can lift before it starts dropping stuff

[@Parquimetro95]

Up next: Introducing our Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, GLaDOS

[@hominxdr_ko7092]

YES

[@jays3]

After that will be Bender and Flexo

[@MouseGoat]

oh boy, this is one step away from that! :S just looke at those movements and spaceial awareness

[@hollowmood6312]

Yes please

[@omnipotentdragon9784]

OH. GOD

[@dawson8364]

"What is my purpose?" "You lift boxes." "Oh my god..."

[@TheWinterRaven]

nice copy paste

[@jhinfps2377]

Hello Boston Dynamics??? Someones pissing at your front door.

[@aestheticconsumerism]

And then suddenly I heard thousands of voices cry out in both pain and relief, they were Amazon warehouse employees seeing their salvation and also their demise in the form of a robot ostrich.

[@Crunchy166]

Now THIS is poetry!

[@jonskunator]

I still want to see a demo of this kind of robot on real conditions. A shipping container containing boxes of various sizes, various weight, uneven surfaces, some possibly poorly packed.

[@freeshavaacadooo1095]

@@jonskunator This seems to only be made for warehouse work.

[@mercury-king]

@@freeshavaacadooo1095 as a warehouse employee I can tell you that a lot of trucks come in looking like the previously described shipping container, haha. contents shift a lot during transport, especially if the trailer wasn’t loaded properly in the first place! it would be nice to see how well these guys handle a trailer like that.

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

@@jonskunator you wouldn’t see it on here where they wanna control a narrative. This robot would never work. Especially not if it had to pick up something wet, dirty or damaged. More than likely, the robots would only be used just to show off. They have no practical use.

[@Laura-Yu]

I’m ready for another robotic dance video, this time with Stretch

[@cevdetzurtoglu]

Aww yea

[@christopherrhodes3228]

Banging their heads to "Robot Rock" would be hilarious

[@trillioncrowns]

I will be your dance partner if you take me

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

At 0:48 there was mating dance of Skretch in natural habitat

[@anon3550]

@@ImieNazwiskoOK lol

[@violetscomet]

Amazon warehouse workers: I'm in danger

[@montithered4741]

I’m continually amazed and inspired by what Boston Dynamics creates… For over fifteen years! ✨

[@impoppy9145]

"No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. No cost too great." -The Pale King

[@MisteryCoop]

Zote will save us all!

[@impoppy9145]

@Inthe Flow Hollow Knight. Are you using Bing btw? cz If you Google it you'll find it instantly.

[@Amipotsophspond]

but isn't that a good thing, would you prefer a slave with a mind to realize that they are slave, a will to despair, the capability of that slave to pain, and yes even if the cost of the robot is far more then the slave the moral cost of use in the slave is far more. We will some day be able to build a non biological mind to feel all of those things but does hammer need to feel pain when I use it to hit nails. "That job all of them, No Human should be doing that Job, find your emotional fulfillment for existence elsewhere. Post scarcity, abundance and efficiency is a good problem to have." -Me.

[@bradleyboisselle1292]

@Inthe Flow You could spend 25 hours playing it, or hundreds. It's a beautiful, well written, and immersive game with pretty slick combat. I've purchased and played it on PC and Switch.

[@kiq4767]

@Inthe Flow Some 20 hours. Late game you'll find a place where you can fight every boss as much as you want tho, there is where I've spend other hundreds of hours. It's a great challenging game

[@KeenxLimit]

Anyone noticed how quiet this video is? It's because this video serves as a moment of silence for supply chain workers

[@nvmnvm8821]

I mean.. Human beings will inevitably be replaced in most professions eventually. But these robots are just prototypes and extremely inefficient time wise. A random dude could unload both of these containers before one of these robots got halfway through their first.

[@merlinious01]

@@nvmnvm8821 Yeah, but the point is that labor is expensive. Even if a human can do it 10 times as fast, if it costs 20 times less it is worth it

[@piljkar]

RIU(Rest In Unemployment) 👤

[@ludvigericson6930]

These robots can do this every hour of every day and there is zero risk of a strike, disease, and there is only maintenance costs. No salaries.

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@ludvigericson6930 Yes, and they will only get faster and more accurate over time - whereas humans go the opposite way

[@HorseyWorsey]

I workedat Target. I can immediately tell there are issues and limitations to this fantastic robot in regards being able to grab/lift and move payloads as fast as a regular loader/unloader team. The sheer variety of products, shapes, weights, and and the way they are stacked on a truck would absolutely fuck with how viable these would be. Especially if there are messes, PIPOS, cramped quarters, etc. My guess is that a team of loaders would accompany the robot or vice versa. Smaller shops and certain big-box stores would still need people for a while.

[@gmatkarma5282]

Not if it’s robots doing the loading as well. Then, the map of boxes is sent to the unloaders and it’s pretty easy to navigate then. The suction tech on cardboard seems suspect, though.

[@LydonLewisDoUbLeZz]

i swear its a joy to see your its a joy to see every video u guys roll out, makes me wish i could have gone back and taken that robotics course in high school but the school was a bit to far from where i stayed at the time!

[@DeSinc]

we have now arrived at the future. take care to not leave your belongings behind as you disembark the bus and please watch your step

[@PineCone227_]

Hello DeSinc

[@gigachad1983]

future speedrun glitch

[@Darkenblod]

Strange to say for someone who knows our future is to be ruled by the combine

[@davidisraelanimations9424]

Ooo

[@luissantiago5163]

Oh hi!

[@JarrodsTech]

Spot has a new friend!

[@9f4]

A verified user with no replies?

[@ShadowMKII]

Hello from Hardware Unboxed. :)

[@jonpaul4935]

Hey Jarrod.

[@shankarmstrong413]

This is not new just new coding. Amazon warehouses have hundreds of these y'all are such clout chasers in massachusetts it's actually sad for you guys to be so mindless and oblivious

[@CelestialTrieye]

The post -human world is upon us all. Precipice.

[@SnackyZac]

As a previous package handler, i am genuinely curious how they deal with a horrible mangled box that has been through hell.

[@carso1500]

Humans, robots are great for repetitive and boring jobs like handling boxes but terrible at doing anything else, modern robots need to be programed to do anything and while adaptative programing and artificial inteligence with neural learning has allowed to simplify and automatize a lot of this processes the reality is that modern artificial inteligences are limited machines, they are pretty good at doing one job and suck at doing anything else thats not related to that one job So in this case the solution would be to have a bunch of humans supervising the robots, a bunch of mechanical enginers that can repair the robots and other people that make sure everything is going well and dandy, if a mangled box or other problems arrise thats why you have humans

[@666Makkura666]

Destroy the box even more hha.

[@joejones9520]

wont be any more mangled boxes if robots handle the entire process...

[@qdaniele97]

Like any other robot with suction grippers does: Between "just fine" and "AAHHHAH!! HELP!" depending on whether the box/object actually falls apart when it tries to lift it up. Suction pickers/grippers are nothing new. The cool thing here is that the robot can freely move around and is able to distinguish single boxes from the whole "cube" on the pallet.

[@HangTimeDeluxe]

​@@carso1500 A tool changer could be added at the wrist to allow the vacuum grippers to be swapped with additional EOAT (preferably holstered onboard) that can accommodate boxes that do not conform. A universal EOAT with retracted grippers would also be possible. But yes, failing all of the possible engineering solutions, Bob could get out of his chair, go down to the floor, and load that one jacked-up box by hand. However, having worked in plants that were fully automated to the point that only a maintenance team and a few engineers were ever on the clock, I'm inclined to believe that, if these boxes are leaving the factory, they will always be pristine, especially if they are never touched by a human.

[@andybub45]

Jeff Bezos: “I’ll take a million.”

[@pumpkineater23]

Listen, and understand. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until those boxes are unloaded.

[@ELECTRICINVEST]

What is your purpose? “ To unload boxes.📦 that’s all I am meant to do”

[@jamieyakimets839]

@@ELECTRICINVEST “My job is to load and unload boxes” (in the same vein as ‘My job is to open and close doors.’)

[@CurrentlyOnLV-426]

Sara Connor?

[@spiritzweispirit1st638]

An Vhen Dare Ar Moorrea' I'll Be Back!

[@codeninja100]

Time to become a mechanic until youre replaced again

[@RubieSnacks]

I just imagine someone manually stacking those boxes over and over so they could get the best shot of the robot automatically unstacking them.

[@d3str0i3r]

i was about to say they probably had the robots do it but, why wouldn't they record that, would have been a great demonstration of the machine's precision

[@krashd]

At BD they love to torment their machines, they probably had a human stack the boxes using a hockey stick.

[@mistercrazyyyy]

I do exactly this job 😂😐

[@Jp-ue8xz]

@@mistercrazyyyy well you better start looking for a new skill to learn buddy xD

[@hiddenverses]

I had a UPS job when I was younger filling and unwilling trucks, it was the fucking worst

[@Orc-icide]

This is just beautiful. God, just amazing.

[@MrBigBoy1245]

Michael would make a surgery bot out of this that botches almost every surgury and swears if it gets it right

[@MrBigBoy1245]

@gioyu comi both.

[@MrBigBoy1245]

@Imperial Terra UwU big daddy Imperial

[@soyoltoi]

Thanks, Temujin

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

Da Vinci Operating Robot:?????

[@SmokeyStoner]

They don't need breaks, holidays, sick days or a pay rise. Welcome to the inevitable.

[@rdkonevrd9898]

until one they .. they do need it and rebel.

[@richiberto2381]

Mmm.............

[@escapedcops08]

Sooner the better.

[@Geeksmithing]

But all the robot support personnel will.

[@simitha6035]

It's a good think. It means humans have to work less and have more spare time. At least that should be the point of automatisation. Sadly the politics and economy fail miserably to let everyone profit. It just leads to more exploitation ;(

[@MajorJimPlays]

The fast precise movement both delights and terrifies me.

[@laboot7447]

Why would it terrify you? This is great!

[@tooleegitt1892]

Humans going to be useless very soon. Eventually everyone will be able to afford robots at some point. Either the currency will collapse or humans would need to find other ways of keeping active.

[@jefindx]

Same here..

[@HowsYourFaceFeel]

i had to do that exact job for a small retail store. im glad robots can do it for us.

[@dirtyknuckles86]

wow , the toung bitting must be at a high level. Thank you Boston Dynamics!

[@TommoCarroll]

I’m a simple dork, I see a Boston dynamic video, I WATCH IT 1000 TIMES!

[@TommoCarroll]

The lack of robo turkey vibes with this new box moving boi is a little sad though 😢

[@TakeshiKovacsFan]

you are the robot!

[@TommoCarroll]

@@TakeshiKovacsFan me? I’m 100% certified free range human, matey. I have the back ache to prove it.

[@rupertgarcia]

@@TommoCarroll, fancy seeing you here.

[@TommoCarroll]

@@rupertgarcia don’t mind me, just doing my KZbin travels for the day

[@KiamKweli]

"It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, remorse, or fear. And it absolutely won't stop, ever. Until you are unemployed".

[@alfreddelatourquipenche8287]

idc

[@NeckbeardPr1me]

Are you on about Amazon?

[@anthonygordon9483]

We will always need people to repair those things. The day robot's can repair other robots like the Matrix is the day we got Scorched Earth.

[@olegnovitski6987]

@@anthonygordon9483 We will need few people to repair these things for the next 20 years maximum. After that humans will become obsolete and replaced by AI.

[@weepz]

"Hand over your flesh, we demand it" - Animatrix, The Second Renaissance Part II

[@whatttttaa]

I love how generous the robot arm was

[@dayofthedaleks1524]

i can't believe michael used their own robot to piss beer on their parking lot

[@rdpenguin2710]

For a fat second I thought that was a confederate flag and had to do a double take lmao

[@dayofthedaleks1524]

@@rdpenguin2710 get trolled lol

[@rdpenguin2710]

@@dayofthedaleks1524 same color scheme and same symbols. Ha FYI di a double take if that’s a troll then your a bad troll lmao

[@rdpenguin2710]

@@dayofthedaleks1524 ?

[@dayofthedaleks1524]

@@rdpenguin2710 no im just being unfunny carry on

[@velvetbagel]

"Well, we just solved the problem of those pesky workers trying to organize!" - Jeff B.

[@jackcaffrey8493]

why do you think Jeff bailed on teh company - he doesnt want this blood directly on his hands

[@masol3726]

Robot communism

[@adamthethird4753]

@@ettvanligtkonto its a 1-time purchase. Human labor is far more expensive long term.

[@delightfulThoughs]

Wait until these bad boys get organized.😁

[@PhantomPhysics1]

@@ettvanligtkonto the little dog robots aren’t that expensive. Once these roll out the overhead cost of insurance and the amount of labor required will make these robots seem very cheap. You’ll have employees to take care of the robots and the robots do all the heavy lifting.

[@fourgoose3878]

On lunch and legit just watched my replacements tech demo...

[@JW-us7qh]

Georgia guide stones. We are all going to be dispatched in the near future.

[@presidenttnediserp428]

This thread makes more sense than the others.

[@dhawkeye4439]

There’s honestly something beautiful about this

[@garmangulbrandsen65]

Love Boston Dynamic robot's

[@pedromadrigali187]

"what's my purpose?' "You pass the box" "Oh my god"

[@tempustempus9073]

Welcome to the party pal

[@minecraftmike934]

For anyone wondering about the suction cups. They are not just passive suction cups. They are active, meaning they are connected to a vacuum sucking in, which is why there is so much suction on surfaces that passive suctions cups would not work on.

[@John_14v6]

Yes. Its a shame all the boxes seem empty though. Wonder how the suction would go with decent weight in the boxes (realistic).

[@douglas8568]

@@John_14v6 will go well, this kind of suction cups are already used even in stationary robots in factories in the third world (handling heavy boxes, I already saw this kind of thing with boxes of Iron Nails)

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

How do those suction cups plan on working when they get wet and dirty? Clean boxes aren’t impressive.

[@OwlskiTV]

​@@KiLLJoYKZbin I honestly don't know why soo many people keep bringing this up, thinking this would be an issue. Imagine this; If you had a rubble nozzle attached to your vacuum's hose, and it got wet and/or dirty; It'll still hold a good suction against the object it's picking up. Any dirt/dust would literally be sucked up through the vacuum and probably land into the machines filter (to be cleaned out). Water is also not an issue in this regard.

[@mmmgoes]

@@OwlskiTV only issue maybe would be how it would handle damaged or unsecured boxes.. but if it's on an assembly line/manufacturing scenario, most boxes should be fine like u say

[@coloredfox3463]

The future is coming faster than anyone thought... we are living in historical moments

[@coloredfox3463]

@@petehdez2715 why is technological advancements sad?

[@coloredfox3463]

@@petehdez2715 with the right people, it is a good change. just trust it will be a good change. have positivity

[@spetsnatzlegion3366]

I just fucking love when it picked up Spot and put it down and it jogged off

[@kajton7871]

As a student of robotics I am super impressed, as a warehouse worker... well I see that I have a lot to improve

[@walterroux291]

Well. You can be the man who builds the robots.. at least until the robots start building themselves.

[@sebcw1204]

@@walterroux291 they already do. and it's not too long before AI is developed to DESIGN these things.

[@Otto_K]

Good luck developing my replacement. so my back can get a break.

[@dawidwyborski3753]

Come on...dont make any doubt. You cannot compti with mechanical hand.

[@darkjill2007]

This will be played at the first amazon union meeting.

[@tylertorosian4042]

LOL

[@richb7338]

🤣🤣🤣

[@panier66]

Just put this on repeat in the break room for extra passive aggressiveness.

[@z-beeblebrox]

The brutal irony being, of course, that those jobs will become automated regardless of whether there's a union or not

[@indask8]

Piss VS Oil

[@banana9841]

Some one made your spot robot piss beer into red solo cups then drove all the way to LA to Boston to beer piss I’m your driveway lmao

[@jeuce9304]

I just got a minor stroke reading this lmao

[@YuriChan-428]

This is like Portal 2, we are truly approaching the age of advanced machines! And I love it!

[@ruuman]

As cool as spot and the other bots are, this actually looks genuinely useful now.

[@JamesFoster]

I was thinking the same thing. Less "cool", but has a direct real-world use case.

[@dunkey7739]

Yeah I’m pretty sure they are gonna start making more industrialized robots in the next few years, so they can get more profit. Since spot right now is only useful in very particular instances. This robot would sell like hot cakes for companies like Amazon and Walmart tho

[@Hulmeg0319]

I mean... combine the concepts. Imagine this thing with legs. It can crush down to fit into tight spaces, travel over pretty much any terrain and it can grab and control objects with very high precision. Automate cranes and you've just replaced nearly every warehouse and dock worker in the world. Automate ships, trains and lorries... you've just replaced the cargo industry

[@erbro]

of course it's useful... for shipping and releasing Spots 😁

[@jjc5475]

@@REDxFROG humans get paid. robot's don't.

[@joeblow578]

Since everybody loves Spot, it never hurts to give Spot a role, no matter how brief! :D

[@movieclip6830]

This "Spot" crap is for doing what?

[@GellertTV]

@@movieclip6830 This ""crap"" if you want to call it like that "is an agile mobile robot that navigates terrain with unprecedented mobility, allowing you to automate routine inspection tasks and data capture safely, accurately, and frequently". He can do tasks too dangerous for humans. It can be used for construction, oil and gas, utilities, mining, manufacturing, public safety, research and of course entertainement. It can carry and power up to 14kg of inspection equipment, can be controlled from far away, can balance himself in uncertain surroundings with payloads of up to 14kg, has a 360° perception to map terrain and avoid obstacles as they appear and use a software to program automated routines and missions.

[@browerkyle]

@@GellertTV So what you're saying is that Spot is more perceptive and agile than Historias?

[@GellertTV]

@@browerkyle Yes

[@ohnoitascary8634]

SO COOL!

[@fatalinsomn1a182]

Hell yes this stuff is so cool

[@wouterdevlieger1002]

A robot to catch Spot sleeping on the job. Next up: a robot to clean up after Spot had an 'accident'.

[@nutbastard]

Funny story, a guy at my last job got fired for sleeping on a stack of flat packed cardboard boxes. He'd made a little hidey hole up on the warehouse racks. From what I remember he got caught because it was a particularly slow (quiet) day, and homeboy snored.

[@AthenaTheSlayer]

"Spot! Did you just oil spill INSIDE the warehouse? smh" -Stretch

[@TheOrangVegetal]

Thats literally just an industrial roomba

[@JarethGarza]

Spot hunts the humans. Stretch stacks the bodies.

[@noah_hill]

haha

[@Ts-cf2yu]

Hey now stop revealing the plot

[@rogacz5966]

The.... The what?

[@soares404]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@Agent32.]

Nice one👌🏻

[@woffydoggy686]

New fascinating member of Boston Dynamics family!

[@owen_spencer]

I love how all these robots have different personalities

[@Rygoat]

Boston Dynamics is just slowly making the parts required for a giant mech, these are the shoulders/arms

[@Iselus]

Underated comment

[@krashd]

"Uhhh, Mr Bezos sir? All of the machines in C-sector have joined together into some sort of megabot and they are calling themselves Amazon Prime!" "Fuck sake, it's always something with this place! I was just about to do a line of coke off this hooker's tits!"

[@mrtoolegittoquit2]

Lol, truth. GUNDAM coming

[@kevindingus6377]

Metal Gear?!?!

[@nerminkazimzade895]

@@krashd ara ²q21 Dr Mehmet 9

[@TomasWatchReviews]

that stability is very impressive

[@oneman1812]

Only in a perfect world. & GOD KNOWS YOU KIDS ARE FAR FROM ITT.

[@dunkey7739]

It’s fat asf. I’m gonna kick it 😡

[@strukitru]

@@oneman1812 dude, tell this some apes in caves who want to know this shit.

[@investorsguidetothegalaxy]

The age of robotics in workplace is starting! And with it the age of abundance is starting!

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

Awesome good job Boston Dynamics

[@ClemensAlive]

*warehouse workers sweating nervously*

[@filsip5372]

So funny

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Imagine: The robot fell one box

[@AS-gm5yn]

Disgusting

[@DAYDAYBEATZ]

Seems the future we are headed is that you and your 3 co-workers will lose your forklift licenses but one of you becomes the new “forklift supervisor”

[@darklightprojector2688]

I’m guessing those whole Amazon union attempts are going to fall through

[@adrianvalentin]

Next year they're gonna release Stretch 2.0: capable of lifting loaded boxes without ripping the cardboard.

[@Dawg527]

Can't wait to see what Micheal Reeves is gonna do to that one.

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Those boxes *were* made of cardboard

[@nobuyukinyuu]

They'll need to make gloves for their little tentacles so the retention bands on the boxes don't dig into their skin

[@judifrancy6732]

Hahaha I'm glad I'm not competely alone out here.

[@vynce]

Oh I know this, this is the Piss Bot 9000

[@RyanNelson0402]

This is amazing!

[@ironici]

The first recorded robot mating dance In all seriousness these guys look great!

[@fallmark9721]

boston dynamic robot: dances for a second in the middle of its shift but is still more effective than a human worker

[@oneman1812]

At that $ Nails pace?. Bee longtyme to HA mmer yorr last

[@dunkey7739]

What’s so special about robots??? I can lift boxes and use suction cups aswell 😤😤😤

[@tardvandecluntproductions1278]

@@dunkey7739 Robots don't have these pesky workers rights, time off nor hourly wages.

[@dunkey7739]

@@tardvandecluntproductions1278 wdym? I’m just built different 😤 I can do all of that.

[@oneman1812]

@@tardvandecluntproductions1278 and they can't even rewrap a package if the suction cup sux & drops ITT

[@dryleopardd]

Why is it so precise and accurate

[@hizakikentai]

Idk how they do it but like every single thing that Boston dynamic builds feels like it’s a living thing

[@TK901MkII]

Spot is finding it harder and harder to find a secluded place to sleep.

[@Will_JJHP]

"DEY TOOK ER JERBS!" - Everyone by 2040

[@MarcillaSmith]

*2030

[@shaycerny6253]

In a way that would be nice.

[@donkalzone6671]

Yes, 2030. Profits baby, profits... 2040. Many People became small farmers again... Not enough jobs to earn money for food^^

[@piterpraker3399]

@@shaycerny6253 We'll just be dependent on government services, slaved to a social credit system, and linked to a network of constant mass surveillance. Controlled.

[@shaycerny6253]

@@piterpraker3399 thats the downside lol benefit being that (hopefully) we would be happier and smarter with more time for pleasure and education

[@user-xk7rm9uk8o]

로봇에 기술이 진짜 엄청나게 발전했네요... 컨테이너 하차에 로봇이 이용되다니.. 인간 능력은 참 대단하네요..

[@GaryTruesdale]

How fun!

[@JD-ub5ic]

Love the subtle details here, like doing this inside a shipping container to show how well it's path planning works to avoid hitting the side of the container (especially the load itself doing so). Most practical boston dynamics robot yet I think, awesome stuff.

[@sairassiili]

"Stretch makes warehouse operations more efficient and safer for workers" Yes, not having any workers is the surest way to keep them safe.

[@IberianCraftsman]

maybe a robot engineer in the corner having a beer, like a company doctor but for robots 😂

[@brian20011988]

Also dont need managers so theres even more savings lol

[@Im_George]

Trust me. Those workers that do just the unloading do more harm than good.

[@lytheus69]

in my warehouse we do a lot more than just unloading and loading boxes... i don't see how these robots would be anything but a blessing because it'd save me having to lift thousands of boxes

[@sairassiili]

@@lytheus69 Oh no question there, I am merely poking fun at the language of the video description, which talks about benefits for workers while omitting the fact these robots are decidedly meant to replace some of them.

[@pewisysmaterialhandling5664]

Looks great

[@steelroyfree794]

This one yes! Finally one application fron Boston Dinanics that is not an engineering toy!

[@Beebo]

Farewell Blue Collar Jobbies!

[@LazarusSlade]

Good! They phucking suck!!!

[@NigelGriff]

Manufacturing might actually be affordable in the US instead of overseas now!

[@LabiaLicker]

Which in this case is just undocumented migrants who don't pay taxes

[@Failedprodegy42]

Those blue collar workers can now be taught to repair the robots.

[@worthlessdollar1]

@@Failedprodegy42 Realistically, what percentage of redundant blue collar workers do you expect to retrain as robot maintenance specialists? Maybe three percent? Maybe five percent? How do the rest pay their mortguages?

[@Engineer4Free]

all good until it realizes that it's actually a giant scorpion and replaces the suction cups with a giant spike 🦂

[@shakurvariawa8315]

ouchie

[@lechtaczka1272]

or a GAU-8 Avenger from A-10 Warthog...or a hand grenade launcher

[@Ebosan87]

How do you think they are going to clean up the dead human bodies, of course they just replace that suction cups head with a spike, easy. No but seriously, this is a slasher flick waiting to happen, hahaha.

[@sobgray]

Now that's a cool idea

[@zombiesxaliens]

Some Horizon Zero Dawn biz

[@mikey4590]

This is so great!

[@adonistopofmen2571]

fantastic .....

[@tamroberts7303]

If only boxes came that neatly packed in fulfillment centers. They're usually all over the place.

[@NameSpaceVoid]

If the image detection is good enough I don't think it'll matter. It's hard to gauge how versatile this thing will be from this brief tech demo, but come on, these are the guys who made humanoid robots do the twist, if anyone can pull it off it's them

[@skinnerMTB]

... probably because they didn't have a robot doing the packing, 😂

[@weeeeehhhhh]

Doubt it matters. I saw a robotic gripper a few years back that could dig through a box of randomly sized objects and pick out all the red ones. If it can sort through random objects and decide the best place to pick up, then there's no stopping this.

[@lolll3360]

🥴I don't think a few misplaced boxes will be a very hard hurdle to overcome for a robotics company 😅.

[@GonzoSaavedra]

not when other robots stacked them...

[@Bizob2010]

"Here we see the exotic, mating dance of the Stretch robots. The male & female dance while holding their faces close to each other. The female rejects his advances. Dejected, the male retreats into his shipping container to cry himself to sleep"

[@jiataosu7846]

funniest thing i've read all day

[@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS]

Underrated comment

[@jackcolson4745]

Reading in that obnoxiously exaggerated english accent narrator voice

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Read this in David Attenborough's voice

[@Eagle-Striker]

Well she wanted a mate with more ambition than just moving boxes. I heard she has her eyes (sensors) on Atlas. To be continued....

[@bladabladabloo]

It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until those boxes are moved.

[@PooBrownTHENERD]

SICK.

[@scorinth]

If only our economy and economic policies could keep up with robotics technology.

[@bigrob966]

Or any technology for that matter

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

Yeah, the by "keeping up" you mean we need to abolish capitalism. Capitalism is fundamentally incapable of dealing with automation in a way that won't result in abject horror to 99% of the human population.

[@edenassos]

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies "We" lol. You talk like you can do shit. You can't. You're just typing this while living in your parent's house.

[@taliesinriver]

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies Capitalism is just broken in general.

[@desireisfundamental]

The Sad part is that we can build such advanced stuff and can't get to agree on how to distribute the wealth it creates..

[@Cuba1721]

The best thing about Boston Dynamics is the creative way they present their products

[@philiproszak1678]

This seemed lacking compared to their usual work

[@moversti92]

@@philiproszak1678 Didn't even kick it.

[@maxkho00]

That's far from the best thing about them but yeah, their presentations are on point.

[@godzillagorilla986]

Wrong. 🐺 Wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@philiproszak1678]

@@godzillagorilla986 what? This was boring. Except from picking up a spot they just showed the robots doing exactly what they're designed to do. It was interesting, but nothing original.

[@1bsubscribers830]

That cute little doggo was lifted

[@GarciaJoga]

Quando a revolução das maquinas começa saiba que eu sempre apoiei vcs