Meet Spot, the robot dog that can run, hop and open doors | Marc Raibert
That science fiction future where robots can do what people and animals do may be closer than you think. Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, is developing advanced robots that can gallop...
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(Laughter) (Laughter) That's SpotMini. He'll be back in a little while. I -- (Applause) I love building robots. And my long-term goal is to build robots that can do what people and animals do. And there's three things in particular that we're interested in. One is balance and dynamic mobility, the second one is mobile manipulation, and the third one is mobile perception. So, dynamic mobility and balance -- I'm going to do a demo for you. I'm standing here, balancing. I can see you're not very impressed. OK, how about now? (Laughter) How about now? (Applause) Those simple capabilities mean that people can go almost anywhere on earth, on any kind of terrain. We want to capture that for robots. What about manipulati...
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(Laughter) (Laughter) That's SpotMini. He'll be back in a little while. I -- (Applause) I love building robots. And my long-term goal is to build robots that can do what people and animals do. And there's three things in particular that we're interested in. One is balance and dynamic mobility, the second one is mobile manipulation, and the third one is mobile perception. So, dynamic mobility and balance -- I'm going to do a demo for you. I'm standing here, balancing. I can see you're not very impressed. OK, how about now? (Laughter) How about now? (Applause) Those simple capabilities mean that people can go almost anywhere on earth, on any kind of terrain. We want to capture that for robots. What about manipulati...
