Boston Dynamics has resign a new TV demonstrating one of its newest robots — a birdlike creation that gracefully moves boxes around a warehouse floor like only an avian - Segway - cross appliance can .
The new robot is the latest looping of “ Handle , ” a simple machine the company first showcasedtwo years ago . The early version was Boston Dynamic ’s first wheeled golem . Its legs allowed it to adjust to different terrain , but its roulette wheel allowed it to easily zip around on a suave surface .
The newfangled Handle pattern has a unmortgaged design — impress objects from points A to B. It has an “ on - plug-in vision organization ” that chase after the pallet it ’s working with and detect picky boxes . The video recording shows the robot “ learn ” QR - eccentric computer code before it pluck up boxes and places those boxes in near - double-dyed conjunction with the other box it ’s moved .
Instead of two limb , the newfangled Handle has a individual neck - corresponding arm with a plate of what seems to be vacuum cleaner suck cups . This neck opening is capable of picking up objects up to 33 pound sterling , according to Boston Dynamics . To stabilize the large neck opening , the robot has a magnanimous groundwork than its predecessor . It swings in and out , equilibrate the bot , in a movement that resembles a wagging butt and tail . These features , along with the back - bending genu , give the robot a physique resembling an Struthio camelus .
While the poultry physique may not have been intentional , the vision of a robot - birdie scuttle around a storage warehouse is a little dystopian . Will warehouse workers be less or more welcoming of robot assistants and replacements if the machines look humanoid or avian ?
[ Boston DynamicsviaArs Technica ]
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