Robert Playter

And so they want to attribute intelligence to the robots that isn't appropriate yet, even though they move like an intelligent being.

And have a little fun with it.

Our most recent video, it's just kind of fun to look at the robot.

We started off the video with Atlas kind of looking around for where the bag of tools was, because the guy up on the scaffolding says, send me some tools.

And Atlas has to kind of look around and see where they are.

And there's a little personality there that is fun, it's entertaining, it makes our jobs interesting, and I think in the long run can enhance interaction between humans and robots in a way that isn't available to machines that don't move that way.

I think it's going to be really important.

And it's a thing we're beginning to pay attention to.

We really want to start... A differentiator for the company has always been, we really want the robot to work.

We want it to be useful.

And

making it work at first meant the legged locomotion really works, it can really get around and it doesn't fall down.

And but beyond that, now it needs to be a useful tool.

And our customers are, for example, factory owners, people who are running a process manufacturing facility, and the robot needs to be able to get through this complex facility in a reliable way, you know, taking taking measurements.

We need, for people who are operating those robots, to understand what the robots are doing.

If the robot needs help or is in trouble or something, it needs to be able to communicate.

And a physical indication of some sort, so that a person looks at the robot and goes, oh, I know what that robot's doing.

That robot's going to go take measurements of my vacuum pump with its thermal camera.

you want to be able to indicate that.

Or even just the robot's about to turn in front of you and maybe indicate that it's going to turn, and so you sort of see and can anticipate its motion.