/!\ Robot d'occasion /!\ 

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

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