Spot has in all probability obtained to be Boston Dynamics’ most well-known and well-known creation up to now, and in current occasions we’ve began to listen to extra about it being utilized in real-life. For instance, in 2020 at first of the pandemic, the Singapore authorities truly deployed using Spot to remind folks to socially distance themselves from one another.
Now it appears to be like like Spot has discovered itself a brand new job, this time as a manufacturing unit security inspector at Hyundai. This is a part of a pilot program that Hyundai might be utilizing on the Kia plant in South Korea the place it’s going to patrol the manufacturing unit to look out for issues like hearth hazards, temperatures, and even be used at evening for safety patrol.
The model of Spot utilized by Hyundai has additionally been barely modified so that it’s going to include extra sensors and instruments, like a thermal digicam, LiDAR, extra computing sources, and likewise the power for manufacturing unit staff to take management of the robotic and use it to observe particular components of the manufacturing unit.
That being stated, that is presently a pilot program the place Hyundai might be assessing the robotic’s effectiveness earlier than deploying it at their different factories. While it’s fairly cool, we will’t assist however get the vibes of a dystopian future the place the robots takeover and power people to construct extra robots for them.
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