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Adam Savage builds a rickshaw carriage for Spot

Adam Savage’s Tested · Demo · 28 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Adam Savage's Spot Robot Rickshaw Carriage!
Why it's here

HN commenters cite it as a fun real-world example of Spot hauling a passenger whenever Boston Dynamics robots come up.

What it covers

Adam Savage builds a Victorian-style rickshaw carriage for Boston Dynamics' Spot robot to pull, with him riding as passenger. The video covers the build and the engineering problems of pairing cutting-edge robotics with vintage transport, such as tuning the payload through Spot's API.