An Investigation of Accuracy, Repeatability and Reliability of Spot from Boston Dynamics

Description

The constantly increasing usage of quadruped robots in science as well as in industry shows that the last decade has experienced an immense leap in this technology. Several commercial products are already available and have been deployed in various applications. One of them is Spot® from Boston Dynamics, a ready-to-use, highly agile, robust mobile platform which is able to handle diverse situations. Despite these qualities, the robot comes with one drawback, the unknown system that is basically a black box. The goal of this work is to establish a starting point to gain insights about the accuracy, repeatability and reliability of the system. Accuracy and repeatability are investigated with the help of a highly accurate optical measuring system. The reliability is examined in various field tests. It is confirmed that Spot® convinces with high reliability and can undoubtedly be used in diverse applications where positioning is involved, such as inspections.

Period	15 Jun 2022
Event title	Austrian Robotics Workshop (ARW)
Event type	Conference
Location	AustriaShow on map