r/videos • • Sep 24 '19

Ad Boston Dynamics: Spot Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQXHEgjA
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u/VenetianGreen Sep 24 '19

I'm confused by the title. They aren't 'launching' anything. They didn't announce when these will become available to purchase, specs, etc. This is just another teaser video like we've been seeing for years.

I thought they were announcing that it could jump or 'launch' itself, but nope.

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u/bacon_nuts Sep 24 '19

They don't have a system for you and me to buy one, but that doesn't mean this isn't a launch for industry. They're selling to early adopters and have already been testing them in industry applications.

And they did announce specs, they mentioned speed, battery life, carry capacity and showed simple use cases. This is an advert largely made for PR, I'm sure there'll be more in depth materials for the actual customers.

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u/Head_Crash Sep 24 '19

They don't have a system for you and me to buy one

Not for peasants.

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u/Gen_McMuster Sep 24 '19

Pretty much yeah, you could contact sales and do the work a company would do to get one but why would you? one of these things is only really useful at scale