Spot me up!
Looks like a lot of fun, but the video could have used fewer spinny drone shots.
I’d be a little concerned about the unprotected rotors, flying through the trees like that…
Aye; I noticed that as well; found myself thinking more than once that I’d want a bit more of a cage/buffer around me and the rotors.
But it does look like a blast and I’d prolly have a go if it was offered.
Their website shows in sitting in a driveway, with some front/rear “bumpers” that seem to offer some protection. I guess I’d be worried about hooking one on a branch or tree, but maybe they’re designed to be flexible. I guess the bumpers are optional–they might be more designed for safety around people (like in the residential area it shows).
I’m not sure these are the right folks to be doing this, but they’re doing it:
This is pretty cool:
Not Boston Dynamics level, but I can see a precursor of T-3000 here.
FreeSN: A Freeform Strut-node Structured Modular Self-reconfigurable Robot
From the Not Creepy At All Department,
Incidentally, earlier today, I heard about a startup called Sanas, which has technology to alter the accents of call center workers in real time.
What’s new, Unitree?
(Open-source robot software and hardware are what’s new.)
There’s a new Atlas, by the way.
One of the originals is now on display at the Museum of Science in Boston.