Automate sensing and inspection, capture limitless data, and explore without boundaries.
Spot is an agile mobile robot that navigates terrain with unprecedented mobility, allowing you to automate routine inspection tasks and data capture safely, accurately, and frequently.
The results? Safer, more efficient and more predictable operations.
Inspect progress on construction sites, create digital twins, and compare as-built conditions to Building Information Modeling (BIM) autonomously with Spot.
Create autonomous routes or drive the robot to remotely inspect facilities and improve awareness of plant operations.
Create autonomous routes or drive the robot to remotely perform inspections in electrified or radiation dense areas.
Create routine tunnel inspection routes and attach additional payloads to take measurements and ensure safe working conditions.
Set Spot up to do autonomous inspection rounds or use the robot to create digital twins of a plant in advance of rework.
Drive Spot remotely to get eyes on dangerous situations or inspect hazardous packages from afar.
Program dynamic movements and expressive poses through the API or drive the robot in real-time as part of a performance.
Integrate Spot with sensors and software to develop applications with industry partners. Academic pricing available.
SITE DOCUMENTATION
Integrate Spot with a 360° camera and site documentation software to reduce time required to capture data and enhance employee productivity in documenting and managing site progress.
Learn how Pomerleau uses HoloBuilder’s Spot integration to save 20 hours of employee time per week documenting a 500,000 sqft. project.
DIGITAL TWIN CREATION
Equip Spot with a laser scanner and program routine scanning routes to create digital twins of worksites and identify rework sooner.
Learn how FARO and Trimble integrate with Spot to automate site scanning.
Gauge Reading
Attach a Spot CAM to the base platform to collect color visuals and read analog gauges measuring pressure, flow, temperature, and more. Attach a PTZ to the Spot CAM to get 30x optical zoom and inspect gauges from afar.
Learn how Cognite integrates with Spot to process visuals on AkerBP's sites.
Leak Detection
Add processing to visuals collected by the Spot CAM payload to detect water and steam leaks around plants and note equipment with degraded performance.
Noise Anomaly Detection
Equip Spot with a microphone or utilize the one on the Spot CAM to detect abnormal operating noises like ticking, grinding, or whirring.
Thermal Inspection
Equip Spot with a thermal camera to detect issue-indicating hot spots on machines or electrical conductors.
Gas Detection
Equip Spot with a gas sensor to detect dangerous leaks earlier without risk to humans or animals.
Radiation Detection
Equip Spot with a radiation sensor to detect hazardous levels in nuclear reactors or near disaster sites.
Tunnel Inspection
Drive Spot underground remotely post-blast to look for cracks and instabilities and ensure safe conditions for workers.
Search and Alert
Use Spot to remotely search and scan hazardous environments or disaster areas.
Telemedicine
Conduct virtual patient interviews or deliver medicine and food by mounting a tablet and other equipment on Spot.
Learn how Brigham and Women's Hospital is using Spot to protect healthcare workers.
Performance Art
Program expressive poses to use Spot as an entertainer in a show or amusement park.
Watch Spot pull Adam Savage around San Francisco or perform with Cirque du Soleil.
Research
Integrate Spot with sensors and software to develop applications with industry partners.
Learn how JPL used Spot to win the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit.
“There are thousands of pounds of pressurized combustible material out there. High-pressure oil and gas can create risks for people working in close proximity. If we could have a robot with the proper sensors out there, we’d much rather do that.”
Adam Ballard, Facilities Technology Manager, bp
“Every 12 hours, we follow the same path through the plant, and we’re assessing situational awareness. It’s important to communicate across shift changes and make sure you’re handing off critical information. Spot is going to capture things we may not notice or that we're not always around to see.”
Christopher Phillips, Production Technician, Woodside
“I picked Spot because the platform exceeded other solutions we saw on the market. With its ability to move through a construction environment, and then, its ability to integrate, we could access the platform’s software and build with APIs if we needed to.”
Tristen Magallanes, Innovation Analyst, Swinerton
Spot’s base platform provides advanced mobility and perception to navigate stairs, gravel, and rough terrain while collecting 2D and 3D information with on board-sensors. Add payloads provided by Boston Dynamics or third-parties to enhance Spot’s sensing and data processing capabilities
Add awareness and improve operator’s teleoperation experience with Spot CAM’s color panorama and communication capabilities.
Perform detailed inspections with a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera in addition to Spot CAM’s color panorama and communication capabilities.
Utilize this external CPU’s dedicated processing for third-party sensor integration requiring on-robot computation.
Perform advanced GPU processing for third-party sensor integration requiring significant on-robot computation.
Enhance the range and accuracy of Spot’s autonomy system on large and changing sites with LIDAR.
Easily integrate third-party sensors and payloads with ports providing regulated power and Ethernet.
Act on data insights and perform physical work in people-centric environments.
Case Study
National Grid
Energy giant National Grid is using Spot to keep employees safe and ensure uptime at a critical facility.
Case Study
bp
bp uses Spot to improve safety and efficiency. Read about the practical steps the innovation and engineering team has taken to deploy Spot offshore.
Video
GAMECHANGING AUTOMATION: GETTING STARTED WITH AGILE MOBILE ROBOTS
What if you could use robots to capture unlimited data on your remote site, in real time, from anywhere in the world? This session will provide you with a proven playbook of the processes our customers have used to start testing and deriving value with Spot.
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DEVELOPER SPOTLIGHT: DESIGNING APPLICATIONS ON AN INTUITIVE PLATFORM
As a platform, Spot is designed to give your team the flexibility to configure the system to maximize ROI. Hear how real developers have utilized the platform to meet customer needs.
Build custom applications and payload hardware for Spot with the Developer Platform. Application developers can use the Spot Software Development Kit (SDK) to control the robot, access sensor data, and integrate with Spot’s autonomy system. Payload developers can add custom sensors or extra compute power to Spot through mechanical, electrical, communication, and software interfaces.
Build your own:
Teleoperation Application
Program your own application and design a custom UI to control Spot remotely and see through Spot's cameras in real-time. Send commands like body posing, velocity, and direction to the robot.
Learn more about our tablet interface and autonomous route planner Autowalk, built on the SDK.
Build your own:
Autonomous Route
Record maps and create your own missions with behavior trees by programming actions associated with specific points on the map. Later, use those missions to autonomously navigate your planned routes.
Learn more about HoloBuilder's custom-built app SpotWalk.
Build your own:
Custom Payload
Use Spot’s mechanical and electrical interfaces, documented in the SDK, to integrate sensors or custom payloads.
Learn more about Trimble (pictured) and FARO's laser scanning integrations.
Build your own:
Data Pipeline
Process critical data in real-time and trigger actions using intelligent models created by our AI partners.
Learn more about our partner Vinsa’s computer vision pipeline.
We’re here to change your idea of what robots can do.
Use our video tutorials, how-to articles, and detailed documentation to jumpstart your journey with Spot.
New to Spot? Start your training here! Learn the basics of Spot Operation and Safety with our comprehensive video tutorial series.
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Access our Software Development Kit (SDK) documentation and learn how to develop on Spot.
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Access our SDK on our GitHub to download code and begin developing on Spot.