[Dprglist] The Economist: Robots that can walk are now striding to market

[Murray Altheim]

FYI.

   "This pair of bright-yellow quadrupeds look a bit like dogs, prompting
    one to be nicknamed Fluffy and the other Spot (which latter moniker is
    also the official name given by Boston Dynamics, the American company
    that manufactures them, to this particular model of robot). The pair
    are not there to amuse the factory’s human workers, though, but rather
    to perform an important task that Ford hopes will save it a ton of
    money. With laser scanners mounted on their backs, Fluffy and Spot can
    scamper around the 200,000 square-metre plant collecting data. Those
    data will be employed to build a detailed computer model of the entire
    manufacturing operation."

   Robots that can walk are now striding to market
   They will be able to go where people can, but existing bots cannot
   Science & Technology, Aug 25th, 2020
   https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/08/25/robots-that-can-walk-are-now-striding-to-market

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