Saturday, October 28, 2023

Spot is Now a Robot Tour Guide


 

Boston Dynamics is always looking for ways to make their robots either more impressive or creepier, depending on how they strike you. Their robot dog Spot has taken on many tasks that were formerly done by humans, so why not make them tour guides? Spot can now talk to you, respond to your questions, and even show different distinct personalities. All it take is integration with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models. And of course, some googly eyes pasted onto its snout.

The "tour" this robot is giving us is just a matter of talking about what it is seeing. Accuracy was secondary to believability. Still, the robots came up with responses that surprised the programmers and operators, which you can read about at their site. (via Geeks Are Sexy)



1 comment:

DWVR said...

Our replacements are being developed. Humans will not travel deep into space. But these our descendants will... if we survive long enough to complete them.