The Boston Dynamics Spot is a versatile quadruped robot designed for dynamic inspection and data collection tasks.
Spot navigates difficult terrain with ease, offers various payload options, and is equipped with advanced sensors for real-time data acquisition. Its adaptability and robustness make it suitable for diverse industrial applications.
Equipment Type: Robot
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Boston Dynamics Spot is the quadruped robot that climbs stairs and traverses rough terrain with unprecedented ease, yet is small enough to use indoors. Built to be a rugged and customizable platform,
Spot has a proven track record of supporting remote operation and autonomous sensing across a variety of industries, and is remarkably intuitive, enabling you to focus on the job you do best. Spot is the adaptable platform you need to inspect, sense, perform, and more.
Control the Boston Dynamics Spot with its out-of-box controller or through the developer-friendly API. Spot’s tablet controller is designed to get you up and running quickly, with easy access to many of the robot’s capabilities, including body posing, walking gaits, obstacle avoidance, local navigation, and calibration. The tablet controller also enables the creation of basic autonomous missions.
The Spot system has been audited by third-party security experts. Messages between the robot and clients, as well as all data logged by the robot, are encrypted. No data is sent to Boston Dynamics without your explicit consent.
Included
Spot autonomously navigates over or around obstacles in its path using the real-time mapping conducted by the perception system. Spot also comes equipped with Autowalk, an easy-to-use tablet feature that allows users to record and replay autonomous missions.
RUNTIME | BATTERY |
90 Mins | Swappable |
Spot can be tailored for a variety of applications. Select a Boston Dynamics or third-party payload, or design your own using our hardware and software development kits.
PAYLOAD CONNECTION | PAYLOAD CAPACITY |
DB25 | 14 kg |
Spot’s five stereo cameras have been upgraded to provide full-color imagery along with the existing depth information. This change improves the operator’s ability to navigate Spot’s environment from the tablet or Spot’s remote operation software, Orbit.
Operating Spot is simplified, with a new eight-inch touchscreen and highly responsive digital joysticks to drive Spot and record missions. In addition, the tablet is lightweight, under one pound, with drop protection, weather-proofing, and supports approximately an eight-hour battery life.
For the Spot Arm, an additional physical joystick attachment is available with two five-direction buttons and two bumper buttons for greater manipulation control.
Spot has a new smarter and faster charger bringing Spot’s newest battery models to full capacity within an hour or less. Real-time battery charge information is readily available on the OLED display.
Effortlessly capture multiple regions of interest in a single photo, allowing for seamless exploration. Easily analyze and compare temperatures across the entire image during data review while conveniently setting alerts for temperature differences within up to three specific regions of interest.
Effortlessly inspect analog gauges throughout your site, track trends using Scout, and receive instant alerts for abnormal readings through a gauge reading computer vision add-on developed by our trusted partner, Levatas.
Orbit, the remote operation software from Boston Dynamics, revolutionizes fleet management by providing a single view of your site, robots, and equipment.
Designed for real-time fleet management and analysis, Orbit eliminates guesswork, enhances operational efficiency, and allows for intuitive integration of Boston Dynamics robots like Spot into daily operations.
With features such as real-time intelligence dashboards, mission scheduling, and remote operation capabilities, Orbit ensures that your facility runs smoothly and efficiently, freeing your team from tedious, repetitive tasks.
Spot undergoes a transformative evolution in how it interacts with your team on the ground. The redesigned hardware includes an audio-visual system that features pre-configured light patterns and tones, effectively notifying workers in the vicinity when the robot is carrying out actions.
Additionally, a physical emergency stop button has been added to the back of the robot, complementing the existing quick-stop options on the tablet. To enhance stability on slippery surfaces like wet floors, Spot now boasts improved gaits.
When equipped with a Spot EAP 2 payload, the robot gains the ability to detect moving objects such as people or forklifts. Upon identifying a moving object in its path, Spot will signal, maintain a safe distance, and exercise heightened caution as the quadruped robot continues its mission.
The Spot Cam + IR is a versatile and rugged surveillance camera designed for demanding environments. With its protected cabling and sealed electronics, it is built to withstand harsh conditions and ensure reliable performance. The camera is equipped with a roll cage, providing crash protection and enhancing its durability.
Featuring a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera with a 30x optical zoom, the Spot Cam + IR allows for precise monitoring and detailed surveillance. It also includes a spherical camera with a 360 x 170° view, enabling comprehensive coverage of the surroundings.
The camera offers a USB port for convenient saving of image data, allowing for easy retrieval and analysis. Additionally, it is equipped with two speakers and microphones, enabling two-way audio communication for enhanced interactivity and security.
With its high-sensitivity microphone, the Spot Cam + IR facilitates auditory inspections, capturing clear audio in various conditions. It also boasts four pairs of LEDs that provide ample illumination in dark environments, ensuring visibility and enhancing overall surveillance capabilities.
The Spot Cam + IR offers configuration options for both front and rear mounting, providing flexibility in installation and optimizing camera positioning. With its robust construction and comprehensive features, this camera is an ideal choice for industrial, outdoor, and security applications where reliability, flexibility, and superior performance are essential.
The new Spot CORE I/O enhances the computation and communications on the Spot platform. Connect sensors, cameras, and other payload accessories, and process the data collected into actionable insights that can be relayed to your team over 5G/LTE.
Orbit by Boston Dynamics is a comprehensive robot fleet management software designed to provide real-time intelligence, operational efficiency, and data centralization for managing robot operations.
It offers a single view of site activities, robot performance, and equipment status through advanced dashboards and custom alerts.
Orbit enhances workflow by scheduling autonomous tasks, enabling remote operation, and integrating AI-driven analysis to improve asset reliability and operational productivity.
MFE has designed an optical gas imaging camera that can be mounted to Spot or used as a hand-held device. Now, you can utilize Spots autonomous inspection capabilities to visualize methane, propane, butane, and many other hydrocarbon gas leaks.
A compact multi-gas detector fully integrated into Boston Dynamics SPOT to enable remote monitoring of chemical hazards.
The SV600 can be used as a payload accessory for Boston Dynamics Quadroped Robot SPOT, or it can be mounted for continuous monitoring of equipment.
Mount the Fluke SV600 for continuous automated process monitoring, find defects and enable alarms.
Rajant ES1 is a smaller, lighter series of BreadCrumbs for an instamesh network ideal for Spot. The ES1 provides reliability and performance in hard-to-network environments and can work independently as a private network without relying on LTE towers.
Levatas AI Models work with visual capture platforms integrated with advanced quadruped robots and drones.
Deploy Spot within an isolated network without the need for infrastructure. The Rajant Kinetic Radio Kit ships with a Rajant ES1 BreadCrumb radio payload that can easily mount onto Spot and includes three standalone Kinetic Mesh radios that are pre-configured to sync together out of the box for quick deployment.
The Leica BLK ARC is an innovative laser scanner designed for robots and ROVs, offering a new level of autonomy in scanning.
It is particularly compatible with robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot, enabling them to autonomously navigate and capture detailed 3D point clouds and panoramic images, streamlining the scanning process without the need for manual monitoring or setups.
The BLK ARC is supported by Leica Cyclone 3DR software, which allows for precise mission planning and control, and is compatible with comprehensive BIM models and architectural blueprints.
Its compact and durable design, featuring an aluminum housing with a sleek black powder coating, weighs just 690 grams, making it easy to integrate with robotic systems.
Additionally, the BLK ARC integrates with Leica’s GNSS SmartAntenna and GrandSLAM technology for enhanced outdoor positional accuracy.
The system’s capabilities are further extended by the Reality Cloud Studio, a browser-based platform that enables immersive virtual tours, precise annotations, and secure data sharing, connecting fieldwork with cloud-based collaboration.
Technical Specifications
| Length | 1100 mm (43.3 in) |
| Width | 500 mm (19.7 in) |
| Height (standing) | 840 mm (33.1 in) |
| Height (sitting) | 191 mm (7.5 in) |
| Net weight | 32.5 kg (71.7 lbs) |
| WiFi | 2.4Ghz b/g/n |
| Gigabit | Ethernet |
| Ingress protection | IP54 |
| Operating temperature | -20 to 45°C |
| Horizontal field of view | 360° |
| Range | 4 m (13 ft) |
| 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 (11.8 in) |
| Max weight | 14 kg total (30.9 lbs) |
| Mounting area | 850 mm (L) x 240 mm (W) x 270m m (H) |
| Mounting interface | M5 T-slot rails |
| Connector | DB25 (2 ports) |
| Power supply | Unregulated DC 35-58.8V, 150W per port |
| Integration | Available software API and hardware interface control documentation |
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