If you ’ve ever wondered what cute fluffy sleigh wiener might look like in a dystopian horror motion-picture show , Boston Dynamics has the solution . The company just give up footage of 10 of its brainless robodogs team up up to tow a truck .
Dubbed theSpotMini , Boston Dynamics ’ bizarre creation can move spookily like a material - life Canis familiaris . It can piece up target , climb up stairs , and even open doors . According to the caller , the robot “ well fit in an post or dwelling ” and is the “ quietest golem we have build ” . Perhaps one day we ’ll each be accompanied by our own complaisant techno - canine .
As well as being skillfull , the SpotMini is potent , as demonstrated in Boston Dynamics ' young video . Together , a powerful radical of 10 K9s dredge a huge truck across the ground . Towards the end of the video , you’re able to watch them sinisterly support up in unison before embarking on their undertaking .
“ It only takes 10 Spotpower ( SP ) to drag a motortruck across the Boston Dynamics parking lot ( ~1 degree uphill , motortruck in achromatic ) , ” the company writes onYouTube .
“ These Spot automaton are come off the yield line now and will be available for a range of mountains of applications shortly . ”
Boston Dynamics first appearedin 1992 and has since demonstrated its impressive ability to build bizarrely animate being - like machines . In 2005 , it unleashedBigDog , a large hot dog - like automaton designed to move as a pack mule for soldier . Next came the more compactLittleDog , follow by the super - strongAlphaDog Proto . Spotwas introduced in 2015 , with a niftier version , SpotMini , being unveil in 2016 . SpotMini thengot a revamp , turning into the four - legged banana tree / pawl mashup it is today .
The robot is 0.84 metre ( 33 inches ) grandiloquent and weighs 30 kg ( 66 pounds ) . It can carry a maximum weight of 14 kilo ( 31 hammer ) and works for up to 90 minutes before it snuff it and need to be recharged . It has a issue of build - in camera that allow it to sense and sail its surround .
But do n’t panic , these golem amount in peace . The object is for the machines to be our handy assistant , assist us with labor at home , at work , and alfresco .
And if you ’re thinking these vehicle - pulling robots search uncannily like the sledge - pulling minion of a sure jolly red fat valet de chambre , you ’re not the only one . Boston Dynamics released this charming video of some roboreindeer back in 2015 .
