The dance routines are now created in Choreographer, a Spot software module. The Boston Dynamics team has created tools to speed up the choreography process. In 2018, Spot strutted its stuff to “Uptown Funk.” Then, late last year Spot joined Atlas and Handle (two other Boston Dynamics robots) in a dance performance to the 1962 classic “Do You Love Me.” And, of course, there was a mind-blowing video earlier this year to mark Boston Dynamics’ majority acquisition by Hyundai. Spot has been on the dance floor quite a few times by now.
When I try to replay the choreography on my own body, my knees bend the wrong way, even if I put myself on all fours. And that, as Monica has explained in an earlier interview, can be more challenging than you may imagine: For one, Spot has twice as many legs as Jagger & Co. Getting quadruped robots to perform a dance routine is nothing like traditional choreography. But let’s not forget that hiding behind the curtain are hours of engineering effort and Monica Thomas’ choreography genius. The sheer fluidity displayed by these robots is so amazing, it may even leave you a bit startled. While one of them mimics the Jagger chicken-head bob with uncanny precision, three other Spot robots re-create the moves of fellow band members Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts. Boy, this robo-dog dances and lip syncs so well that you’d think it could actually listen to the music! In the latest viral video by Boston Dynamics, Spot the robotic dog invokes its inner Mick Jagger while paying tribute to The Rolling Stones on the 40th anniversary of their 1981 album Tattoo You.Ī quartet of Spot dogs move to “Start Me Up” in a side-by-side reel that also shows the original, iconic music video.
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