{"id":1618,"date":"2017-08-04T23:17:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T23:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2018-09-27T16:03:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T16:03:56","slug":"excellent-candidate-for-wild-robot-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/robot\/excellent-candidate-for-wild-robot-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent candidate for wild robot experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The robot fans readers will know about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/robots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Dynamics<\/a>&#8216; Spot Mini, a pretty amazing quadruped robot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/robot\/robots-and-dogs\/\">I mentioned a while ago<\/a>. On 19th July 2017, an upgraded version was introduced to the clients of Boston Dynamics&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/06\/08\/softbank-is-buying-robotics-firm-boston-dynamics-and-schaft-from-alphabet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new owner<\/a>, Softbank Japan. Spot has been given an &#8220;arm&#8221;, that looks as much as a neck and jaws as it does an arm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/spotMiniSoftbankJuly2017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These characteristics would make Spot Mini an ideal candidate for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/coy-b-robot\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Coy-B Wild Robot<\/a> experiment that&#8217;s been haunting me fo the past ten years, with highs and lows. For reasons of reliability, cost and battery usage, I did not think of <strong>Coy-B<\/strong> as a legged robot. Yet, something agile and uncanny like Spot Mini would be very good for the job!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/beuysCoy-BComp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/beuysCoy-BComp.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/beuysCoy-BComp-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The demo shows a robotic creature whose abilities are, if not quite at the level of those demonstrated by the coyote that inspired Coy-B, fluid and fast enough for a very engaging real-time interaction with a human. Loaded with a suitable set of teeth and a wild AI program of course.<\/p>\n<p>When will it be available at the robot shop around the corner?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_RApScdK5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The robot fans readers will know about Boston Dynamics&#8216; Spot Mini, a pretty amazing quadruped robot I mentioned a while ago. On 19th July 2017, an upgraded version was introduced to the clients of Boston Dynamics&#8217; new owner, Softbank Japan. Spot has been given an &#8220;arm&#8221;, that looks as much as a neck and jaws as it does an arm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,31,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","category-robot","category-tech-corner","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}