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# Boston Dynamics Team
#### Boston Dynamics' team of engineers and scientists combine advanced analytical thinking with bold engineering and boots-in-the-mud practicality.
## From Margaritas to Mars: An Interview on Spot’s Custom Payloads
[07/23/2021](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/margaritas-to-mars-spots-custom-payloads) | Written by [Boston Dynamics Team](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/author/boston-dynamics-team) | Topic: [Trends in Robotics](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/tag/trends-in-robotics)
[](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/margaritas-to-mars-spots-custom-payloads)
Spot is more than a mobile robot; it’s a mobile sensing platform that developers can customize with software, sensors, and other hardware payloads to achieve exactly what they need for specific applications. Whether it’s building the tools to [explore other planets](https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot/resources/nasa-jpl-search-for-life) or to [inspect worksites](https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot/resources/developer-spotlight), the ability to easily build on Spot’s base functionality has huge real-world value.
This flexibility also opens up opportunities for more creative applications. For example, Spot has a storied history with alcoholic beverages, from inspecting breweries to doing *other activities* with beer. But before all that, there was Margarita Spot: an internal project developing a Spot payload that blends the perfect margarita.
**[LEARN MORE \>](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/margaritas-to-mars-spots-custom-payloads)**
## Spot’s Year in the Real World
[06/16/2021](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/spots-year-in-the-real-world) | Written by [Boston Dynamics Team](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/author/boston-dynamics-team) | Topic: [Trends in Robotics](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/tag/trends-in-robotics)
[](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/spots-year-in-the-real-world)
It’s been a little over a year since Spot graduated from our early adopter program and was released for sale. Our early adopters helped us answer the question, “[Can robots handle the real world?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRm7oRCTkjE&t)” Our customers’ experience with Spot over the past year has answered a follow up question, “[Where is Spot adding value?](https://youtu.be/6VUQHrWhoqg)”
**[LEARN MORE \>](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/spots-year-in-the-real-world)**
## Why Warehouse Automation Needs Purpose-Built Computer Vision
[04/27/2021](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/why-warehouse-automation-needs-purpose-built-computer-vision) | Written by [Boston Dynamics Team](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/author/boston-dynamics-team) | Topic: [Warehouse Robotics](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/tag/warehouse-robotics)
[](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/why-warehouse-automation-needs-purpose-built-computer-vision)
On the surface, automated depalletizing looks relatively straightforward. A [computer vision system](https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/computer-vision-business-case-influencers/544302/) identifies a box and then a robotic arm with a gripper lifts the box off a pallet and onto a conveyor belt. However, solving carton location and path planning to successfully unpack a pallet requires highly advanced perception and intelligent vision processing algorithms.
**[LEARN MORE \>](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/why-warehouse-automation-needs-purpose-built-computer-vision)**
## How Flexibility Simplifies Warehouse Automation
[04/27/2021](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/how-flexibility-simplifies-warehouse-automation) | Written by [Boston Dynamics Team](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/author/boston-dynamics-team) | Topic: [Warehouse Robotics](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/tag/warehouse-robotics)
[](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/how-flexibility-simplifies-warehouse-automation)
Over the past year, COVID-19 has put a huge strain on warehouse operations—making hiring and staffing a challenge, while simultaneously accelerating the demand for fast, effective e-commerce services. Even as social distancing restrictions lift, [e-commerce adoption rates](https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/article/us-ecommerce-sales/) continue to rise dramatically, highlighting the need for ongoing solutions to fulfillment, shipping, and delivery challenges. The warehousing industry is primed for[an automation boom](https://www.mhlnews.com/warehousing/article/21136484/warehouse-automation-invest-up-due-to-covid19) to support this new landscape.
**[LEARN MORE \>](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/how-flexibility-simplifies-warehouse-automation)**
## How Mobile Robots Improve Industrial Safety
[04/13/2021](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/how-mobile-robots-improve-industrial-safety) | Written by [Boston Dynamics Team](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/author/boston-dynamics-team) | Topic: [Trends in Robotics](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/tag/trends-in-robotics)
[](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/how-mobile-robots-improve-industrial-safety)
According to a recent survey from McKinsey, [automation transformation](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/electric-power-and-natural-gas/our-insights/unlocking-the-full-power-of-automation-in-industrials) is a priority for 88 percent of respondents in heavy industry, but under 5 percent have actually seen significant bottom-line improvements from these projects. Automation is nothing new for industrial and manufacturing companies hoping to improve efficiency, safety and reliability. So why aren’t they seeing better ROI on these new initiatives?
**[LEARN MORE \>](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/how-mobile-robots-improve-industrial-safety)**
## 3 Reasons Mobile Robots Are Right for Your Inspection Needs
[04/13/2021](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/3-reasons-mobile-robots-are-right-for-your-inspection-needs) | Written by [Boston Dynamics Team](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/author/boston-dynamics-team) | Topic: [Trends in Robotics](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/tag/trends-in-robotics)
[](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/3-reasons-mobile-robots-are-right-for-your-inspection-needs)
In an industrial setting, equipment failure or faulty infrastructure often requires costly unplanned downtime to repair. Process industries are looking to asset performance management (APM) and industrial predictive analytics technologies to identify impending failures, before they cause larger problems. But research from [ARC Advisory Group](https://www.arcweb.com/blog/rethinking-asset-performance-management) found that 59 percent of APM system users receive less than a week notice of impending failure. This is, in part, because data capture for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance is often resource-intensive and unreliable.
**[LEARN MORE \>](https://blog.bostondynamics.com/3-reasons-mobile-robots-are-right-for-your-inspection-needs)**
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