I think Boston Dynamics is the closest to making robots that could actually be useful in real life situations. I would love to develop code for one of these.
There are a number of robotics companies (Savioke, Fetch Robotics, Bear Robotics, MiR, to name a few) that are producing robots that are currently doing work in the real world. I will fully grant that those all require in-advance mapping and fairly level floors, but to me that can fit "real life situations".
Note: I have worked at one of those, and got an offer at another.
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You can only lease Spot, and the cost is roughly around the monthly cost of a luxury car lease. You're also prohibited in the lease agreement from attaching anything to a hard point that is solely designed to cause human harm (weapons of any sort).
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BD's robots move using limbs while others use small-er wheels which limits the terrains these robots can be used in.
No thanks
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