Boston Dynamics Spot(bostondynamics.com)

59 pointsby wojciechpolak7 lat temu8 comments

https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot

8 comments

It'd be really nice if vendors for specialized hardware like this could give at least a ballpark figure without me having to give a bunch of info to some sales rep (if that's even possible; the "Contact Sales" button just brings me to a page with no content - just the header and footer). Will Spot be $50? $500? $5000? $500000? $50000000? How about Handle or Pick? If I don't have a ballpark, I don't know if it's even worth calling for a quote.

This is a problem that seems to be endemic among vendors that sell things to businesses; they always seem to be hush-hush with the price, which strongly suggests to me that they're going to try to screw me.

morbm7 lat temu

“Our general guidance is that the total cost of the early adopter program lease will be less than the price of a car—but how nice a car will depend on the number of Spots leased and how long the customer will be leasing the robot.”

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robo...

kdtop7 lat temu

I figure the old adage still holds: "If you have to ask, it's too much."

yellowapple7 lat temu

What's insane is that vendors will do this even for products that are very obviously not "too much". I shouldn't have to call a sales line and give a bunch of information just to get a ballpark figure on what a urinal cake will cost me, lol.

djohnston7 lat temu

It seems like they are discouraging individual non corporate purchasers. Can't a man have his robotic dog?

octomiao7 lat temu

I guess it will be quite expensive.

momentmaker7 lat temu

black mirror in the making :)

YuccaGloriosa7 lat temu

Raas