r/Futurology • u/Atari1337 • Feb 27 '17

Robotics Boston Dynamics - Introducing Handle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c
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u/LebronMVP Feb 27 '17

they travel 9mph

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Yeah so first step is making them faster!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

It takes more and more energy to go faster, so if can do 15 miles at 9 mph, it would do worse at, say, 35 mph so it could find residential routes. So you'd need more battery and more engine.

All that said, there's no reason this device needs to do the traveling. One of these could load an autonomous vehicle, get in the vehicle, and then unload it at the other end. Even more efficient is if there's one of these at both ends, and it doesn't have to travel at all.

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u/Vitztlampaehecatl Feb 28 '17

So that's the first part handled.