Spot Explorer Package

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His name is Spot

Maybe you’ve always dreamed of owning a dog but spend your life at the office? Spot is a multi-talented mobile quadruped robot, ideal for helping you out with daily tasks:

• Can operate day and night, even in low light conditions
• Is an agile robot capable of going up and down stairs, getting up after a fall and walking on uneven ground
• Can travel at speeds of up to 5.6 km/h, carry loads of up to 14 kg and operate non-stop for 90 minutes
• Includes a detection system for avoiding obstacles and moving around them at a distance predefined by the user
• Comes with batteries that can be recharged in 2 hours, so you can recharge one battery while Spot uses the other

Spot comes with its own tablet controller, which makes configuration much easier. And its pre-installed Spot app allows you to program simple missions.

Spot is also a scalable mobile robotics platform. It’s easy to set up and you can add extra material, including a camera or robotic arm. Plus there’s a Spot SDK designed for developers wanting to test new surveillance, service or exploration applications.

Spot Explorer Package: your nomadic robot

The Explorer Package designed by Boston Dynamics offers everything you need to transform Spot into a fully autonomous mobile robot.

Included in the package:

• 1 Spot robot
• 2 Spot batteries
• 1 Spot charger
• 1 tablet controller and charger
• 1 robot case for storage and transportation
• 1 power case for battery and charger storage and transportation
• 1 calibration panel
• A Python client package for the Spot APIs
• Software updates when available

Multiple industrial uses

In addition to the kind of opportunities such a platform can offer for education and application development, the Spot mobile robot is rapidly becoming a must in lots of industries:

• Spot has already been used as an inspection and risk prevention robot on an oil platform, and is a powerful mobile surveillance tool for a factory or warehouse
• It’s also of valuable help in the service sector for carrying supplies and various tasks, able to navigate from office to office serving numerous purposes
• And it can inform people and offer guidance and advice in hospitals and shopping centres

Technical specifications of the Spot mobile quadruped robot and Explorer Package

• Dimensions: 1100 x 500 x 840 x 191 mm
• Weight: 32.5 kg
• Battery capacity: 605 Wh
• Average runtime (no payload): 90 min.
• Standby time: 180 min.
• Recharge time: 120 min.
• Weight: 4.2 kg
• Battery charger:
  • Input voltage: 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 5.5A max.
  • Output: 35-58.6 VDC, 7.2A max
  • Operating temperature: 0 to 40°C
• Connectivity: WiFi 2.4 GHz b/g/n, Gigabit Ethernet
• Ingress protection: IP54
• Operating temperature: -20 to 45 °C
• Terrain sensing:
  • Horizontal field of view: 360°
  • Range: 4 m
  • Lighting: > 2 Lux
  • Collision avoidance: maintains set distance from stationary obstacles.
• Max. speed: 1.6 m/s
• Max. slope: +/- 30°
• Max. step height: 300 mm
• Max. payload: 14 kg
• Mounting area: 850 x 240 x 270 mm
• Mounting interface: M5 T-slot rails
• DB25 2-port connector
• Power supply: unregulated DC 35-58.8V, 150W per port
• Integration: available software API and hardware interface control documentation
• Robot case specifications: 927 x 546 x 464 mm; 47.6 kg
• Power case specifications: 559 x 432 x 267 mm; 18.1 kg with 1 battery; 22.7 kg with 2 batteries
• Controller:
• Dimensions: 143.6 x 274 x 53 mm
• Weight: 580 kg
• Touch screen size: 7” diagonal
• Resolution: 1920 x 1200

Resources for the Boston Dynamics SPOT robot

• User Guide
• Wiki Page - SPOT robot
• Python library
• API protocol - SPOT robot
• Wiki ROS - Spot robot