Boston Dynamics
We here at BroBible have been keeping tabs on the advancements of the Boston Dynamics killer robots since their infancy stages–from possessing the ability to fight back against humans to executing backflips to lifting 100-pounds to hunting down humans in the woods.
I’m convinced by 2020, killer robots will replace heart disease as the number one killer of humans. This claim is supported by the fact that the cutting-edge technology company has set a target date of July 2019 that it will be ready to manufacture 1,000 of its robot dog, SpotMini, annually.
SpotMini is an all-electric, four-legged robot that can pick up and handle objects using its 5 degree-of-freedom arm and perception sensors. According to Daily Dot, the SpotMini was what Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker said that the metal dogs in the episode “Metalhead” were based off of.
Via Inverse:
The overarching goal for the 26-year-old company is to become the what Android operating system is for phones: a versatile foundation for limitless applications. That’s the plan, anyway.
…. Speaking last month at the CeBIT computer expo Hannover, Germany, [founder Marc Raibert] said Boston Dynamics is already testing SpotMini with potential clients in four categories: construction, delivery, security, and home assistance.
… “We’ve built ten by hand, we’re building 100 with manufacturers at the end of this year, and at the end of 2019, we’re going to begin production at the rate of about 1,000 a year,” he said of SpotMini, a prototype of which sat the stage at his feet.
The report also indicates that Japan predicts a shortfall of 370,000 elderly caregivers by 2025 and SpotMini is a plausible solution.
A plausible solution until the robot smacks your poor grandma in the mouth.
Check out more info about the robot revolution over at Gizmodo…