Agility isn’t the only robotics company to share its failures with an online audience. Boston Dynamics, developer of the Spot and Atlas robots, may have been the first company to be accused of “robot abuse” because of its videos, and the company frequently includes footage of its research robots being unsuccessful as well as successful on YouTube. And now with 1,100 Spots out in the world being useful, falls happen both more frequently, and more visibly.

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Dounreay on the north Caithness coast, near Thurso, is in the process of being decommissioned and shut down.

The site is working with Cumbria-headquartered Createc on trials of a robotic quadruped called Spot for possible use in hazardous areas.

The tests could eventually lead to the deployment of more of the robots at the nuclear power complex.

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If you’ve ever come across a video of a robot dog performing amazing tricks, then you’ve most likely watched Boston Dynamics’s robot dog Spot in action.

Despite being the subject of some entertaining videos, the agile mobile robot also has important real-world, enterprise applications in sectors such as manufacturing, construction, and research. 

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According to Boston Dynamics, there are now over 1,000 Spot robots in active use around the world in over 35 countries, but the new updates to the robot announced today are a move to help further expand Spot’s adoption by making it easier and safer to use, and much better at navigating a wider range of difficult terrain.

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The Mace Group, a tech-oriented construction company out of Dublin, Ireland, recently wrapped up its first project using Spot and Trimble technology. What they found was that, as intended, Spot does what robots are supposed to do: take over the tedious and time-consuming chores to free up humans to do more value-added work.

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“A trained police officer operates the robot through a simple touch screen pad offering a number of capabilities, including two way communications, opening doors, retrieving objects, climbing stairs and offering visual feedback to the operator,” an officer says in the video. “SPOT will be utilised on all barricaded subject and hostage rescue incidents where there is a value in introducing technology to gain valuable information rather than placing officers in harms way.” Credit: Miami-Dade Police Department via Storyful

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Used to perform routine maintenance and inspection services at the National Grid’s HVDC converter station in Central Massachusetts, Spot can stand in for human workers if conditions are deemed unsafe.   

Given the site’s electrical equipment, workers typically were only able to perform sporadic inspections during scheduled downtime, making it harder to spot issues before it was too late.

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This article is part of the Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence series.

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Renewed partnerships to cover a wide range of competitions, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and the FIFA World Cup 2026

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La vidéo, mise en ligne mi-janvier sur YouTube, affiche déjà plus de 6 millions de vues. Dans un décor évoquant un chantier de construction, on y voit le robot humanoïde Atlas placer une planche de bois sur un échafaudage, attraper un sac rempli d’outils, grimper quatre marches, courir sur la planche, lancer le sac à un humain, sauter à pied joint et terminer son parcours par un spectaculaire saut périlleux. La séquence est digne d’un film de science-fiction, mais elle a été réalisée sans aucun trucage, dans les locaux de Boston Dynamics.

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