Boston Dynamics Is Putting Legged Robots in Hospitals

From  IEEE Spectrum:

For the past eight months, Boston Dynamics has been trying to find ways in which their friendly yellow quadruped, Spot, can provide some kind of useful response to COVID-19. The company has been working with researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts to use Spot as a telepresence-based extension for healthcare workers in suitable contexts, with the goal of minimizing exposure and preserving supplies of PPE.

Source: Why Boston Dynamics Is Putting Legged Robots in Hospitals – IEEE Spectrum

I love the concept…but…It is more than a little creepy. Follow the link for a video.

by: Larry Emmott at October 1, 2020.