Organization: Boston Dynamics
Country: USA
Website: www.bostondynamics.com
Year Founded: 1992
Number of Employees: 101-500
With Spot Arm, Spot is no longer just a data collection robot, but rather a highly-skilled mobile manipulator.
Description:
In February 2021, Boston Dynamics released its long-awaited Spot Arm. Featuring a 6-DoF arm and two-finger gripper, the robot arm attaches to the Spot quadruped and can grab, lift, place, and drag a variety of objects, including door knobs, tools, and valves.
Spot Arm features a maximum lift capacity of 24.3 lb, while the gripper features integrated time of flight, IMU, and 4K RGB sensors, as well as two accessory ports for power and Gigabit Ethernet. Manipulating objects with Spot Arm can be done manually or semi-autonomously via constrained manipulation or “Touch to Grasp.” If controlling Spot on a tablet, for example, users simply touch the object on the screen that they want Spot to manipulate. The robot will then autonomously figure out how to best grasp the object.
In February 2021, Boston Dynamics released its long-awaited Spot Arm. Featuring a 6-DoF arm and two-finger gripper, the robot arm attaches to the Spot quadruped and can grab, lift, place, and drag a variety of objects, including door knobs, tools, and valves.
Spot Arm features a maximum lift capacity of 24.3 lb, while the gripper features integrated time of flight, IMU, and 4K RGB sensors, as well as two accessory ports for power and Gigabit Ethernet. Manipulating objects with Spot Arm can be done manually or semi-autonomously via constrained manipulation or “Touch to Grasp.” If controlling Spot on a tablet, for example, users simply touch the object on the screen that they want Spot to manipulate. The robot will then autonomously figure out how to best grasp the object.
