This article is from WeChat official account:Xin Zhiyuan (ID: AI_era), author: Meng-kai, Yiming, Bai

On the sidewalk in northern Ontario, Canada, people may not have dreamed that a four-legged “mechanical monster” would run around unscrupulously in the middle of the night!

A Canadian netizen took this video and uploaded it to Twitter, and wrote: “Guys! See who I saw on the street!!!”

Passers-by greeted him, but he responded with a death gaze. The flashing camera seemed to be recording and telling something.

Some netizens gave this screen a line: “Let me analyze your fear index, and then decide your life or death, hehehe…”

Seeing everyone taking pictures of it with their mobile phones, the crowd shouted, and he suddenly stepped back a few steps, exactly the same as a real dog, as if he was frightened.

This guy is no one else, but the famous Spot, a mechanical dog built by Boston Dynamics.

This tweet caused a lot of “panic”, with nearly 15 million views and more than 100,000 likes.

Some netizens said: “It’s horrible, if I would definitely kick it away.”

If you have something to say, why do you kick me?

Some people said, “It looks like the scene in “Black Mirror”!”

Everyone was discussing it, but Spot became impatient and quickly slipped away.

Seeing this guy walking around in the street in the middle of the night, it is hard not to be scared and sweaty.

What will happen to the world controlled by robotic dogs

It’s really a god dog, but…it can’t help but worry that it will have an evil side.

Cute belongs to cute, but how to use it may lead to a different ending.

Watching the street patrol video, some netizens commented that Boston Dynamics originally produced these dogs for military purposes.

Boston Dynamics was originally a laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1992, the company became independent. After that, Boston Dynamics quickly became a well-known robot manufacturing company. Most of the experiments we saw on the Internet for testing robots came from here.

Netizens commented: “It’s too scary. I think of the “Black Mirror””Heavy Metal” ……. “

In the episode, the world has been controlled by mechanical dogs. In order to avoid being chased by mechanical dogs, human beings live a life of fleeing famine and establishing shelters.

Think carefully about the extreme, the mechanical dog here is not only equipped with various weapons, trackers (can find the whereabouts of humans at any time), solar charging, It can also control mechanical equipment and share communication systems.

The electronic dog can match all electronic hardware, and the software can also be easily controlled. Therefore, electronic factories throughout the world have long started to use unified standard software and hardware systems. According to the setting of this world, almost all electronic devices have universal interfaces, like USB.

The chief creator said that the setting of the mechanical dog is inspired by the video of Boston Dynamics.

What level has the robot dog evolved to now? Is Spot just a popular electronic pet?

Technical support behind Spot

Spot has a small body and is very agile. A battery can give it 90 minutes of free movement.

Super sensory

Spot is equipped with a series of sensors and cameras, which can obtain a 360-degree panoramic field of view and effectively avoid obstacles, which is indispensable in industrial production.

Spot’s hardware is almost entirely custom designed. Including powerful control processing board and sensing sensorModule. The sensors are located on the front, back and sides of the robot body. Each module includes a pair of stereo cameras, a wide-angle camera and a texture projector, which can enhance the robot’s 3D perception in low light. Sensors enable the robot to use SLAM navigation, real-time positioning and map construction, and automatically avoid obstacles.

Smart quadrupeds

Spot’s legs are powered by 12 customized DC motors, each with a reducer to provide high torque. The robot can walk forward, laterally and backward, and trot at a maximum speed of 1.6 meters per second.

An important purpose of Boston’s development of Spot is to use it in a wider range of industrial production environments. Therefore, its anti-interference and battery life capabilities are also very good.

Ultra-fast travel, long-lasting battery life

Spot’s flexible limbs mimic real-world dogs and can transport loads (approximately 14 kg) that current drones (except military) cannot withstand. It can travel up to 1.6 meters per second and can run for an hour and a half at full load. Of course, if you purchase an additional battery pack, you can easily switch the battery and have unlimited battery life.

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moisture and high temperature resistance

In order to adapt to the harsh environment of the work scene, its waterproof level has reached IP54, and it can work normally within the range of -20 to 45 degrees Celsius.

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Remote control

The robot is inherently capable of remote control, which can be used in construction sites, oil and natural gas extraction (for equipment remote testing), public safety and other fields (Explosives test, etc.) is very useful.

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Open source SDK

One more good news! You can use Python to directly control Spot. Boston has open sourced Spot’s SDK. After you buy Spot, you can use your own DIY functions. Having your own dedicated robot dog is not a dream.

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The open source project also gave a detailed SDK usage guide, and the simple development of Spot can be realized by following the official steps. Do you have any ideas and get a Spot dog to tour the streets?

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This article is from WeChat official account:Xin Zhiyuan (ID: AI_era) author: the dream of good, Yiming, Bai