The Marines Start Training Google's 160-Pound Robo-Dog Spot
Mariella Moon | November 21, 2015
Spot, the silent robo-dog made by Google-owned company Boston Dynamics, enjoyed the great outdoors for a week back in September. Not to fetch sticks or roll around in the grass, but to train... with the Marines. It's gone a long way since its time stalking indoors, getting kicked by well-meaning engineers. The corps tested Spot's ability to traverse terrains rougher than concrete floors, such as hills, woodlands and cities, controlling it from 500 meters away with a laptop and a video game controller. It was apparently so easy to pilot the quadruped, even a four-year-old could do it. |
| Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/14/google-bought-boston-dynamics-its-over-for-humans/ |
<more at http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/21/spot-robot-dog-marine-training/; related links: http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/14/google-bought-boston-dynamics-its-over-for-humans/ (Google acquires Boston Dynamics, the robot builder behind Big Dog and Cheetah. December 14, 2013) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_robotic_dogs (List of Robotic Dogs)>
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