Teaching a Robot Dog to Pee Beer - Summary

Summary

The speaker recounts a humorous and somewhat absurd adventure involving a Boston Dynamics robot dog named Spot and a custom-made device designed to urinate beer into a cup. The speaker initially contacts Boston Dynamics, expressing a desire to interact with Spot, but the company only allows it to be used by construction companies. Undeterred, the speaker waits for Spot to become publicly available, and with the help of offline TV and a sponsor, he manages to get access to the robot dog.

The speaker describes the robot dog as "the coolest thing he's ever seen in his entire life", and praises its capabilities, which include mapping its environment and learning in real time from things around it. The speaker is particularly impressed by Spot's ability to traverse terrain that previous robots could not.

The speaker then decides to modify Spot to urinate beer into a cup, a concept he finds amusing. He starts by creating a prototype of the penis, which he describes as a two-axis gimbal driven by servo motors. This device is designed to aim the beer at a cup, and the speaker plans to use Spot's cameras to detect the cup and aim itself.

The speaker initially struggles with a computer vision system that runs too slowly, but eventually decides to use the brightest pixels in the image as a workaround. He writes code that generates a mask of the brightest pixels on the screen, and averages their position to aim the beer.

The speaker then combines the camera system with the penis, allowing Spot to aim itself perfectly at the cup anywhere it is in the frame. He tests the system repeatedly, and it works each time.

The speaker then explains how he plans to attach the modified Spot to a real Spot robot. He describes the process of setting up a wireless security camera for Spot, which involves adapting the output wire of the camera to RCA, plugging it into an RCA to HDMI converter, and then using a wireless HDMI transmitter to send the signal back to a wired HDMI.

The speaker then explains how he programmed Spot to move around the room to any red solo cup it can see. He describes how Spot will turn left or right if it sees the cup to the left or right of the screen, and will walk forward to the cup if it sees the cup in the middle of the screen.

Finally, the speaker demonstrates Spot in action, urinating beer into a cup. He describes the experience as "sick", and concludes the video by expressing his disappointment at Boston Dynamics' lack of response and his desire to drive to their headquarters to confront them.

Facts

1. The speaker is discussing a company named Boston Dynamics, which is known for creating advanced robotic systems.
2. Boston Dynamics has developed a robotic dog, named Spot, that can map its environment and learn in real time from things around it.
3. The robotic dog, Spot, can traverse terrain that robots previously could not walk on.
4. The development of Spot and other advanced robots by Boston Dynamics has taken 30 years of research and development.
5. The speaker is planning to modify the Spot robot to piss beer into a cup.
6. The speaker is not happy that Boston Dynamics initially only provided the Spot robot to construction companies.
7. The speaker managed to get a Spot robot after waiting and lying to the Boston Dynamics team.
8. The speaker is impressed with the level of advancement of the Spot robot and feels like they are holding a piece of the future in their hands.
9. The speaker wants to place an empty cup on the ground, and then use the Spot robot to use its cameras and survey the room for any red solo cups on the ground.
10. If the Spot robot detects a red solo cup, the speaker wants the robot to move over to it, position itself above it, and piss beer into a cup.
11. The speaker has a prototype of a penis that is a two-axis gimbal driven by servo motors.
12. The speaker is considering using a camera and some sort of computer vision system to allow the robot to detect the cup and aim itself.
13. The speaker is aware of the limitations of computer vision systems and is considering using a workaround.
14. The speaker considers the physics principle of the inverse square law to help the robot detect the cup.
15. The speaker is planning to attach the robot's penis to the robot, and the robot's camera system to the penis.
16. The speaker wants to teach the Spot robot to move around the room to any red solo cup it can see.
17. The speaker is considering using an improved camera attachment for Spot, which is sold by Boston Dynamics.
18. The speaker is planning to connect the camera to a security camera on Amazon, and then connect the output wire of the camera to an RCA adapter.
19. The speaker is considering using a wireless HDMI transmitter to send the camera signal to a wireless HDMI receiver.
20. The speaker is considering using a wired HDMI connector to connect the receiver to the Spot robot.
21. The speaker is planning to write a program for Spot to detect a cup of beer and move towards it.
22. The speaker is considering using an idle animation for Spot when it doesn't detect a cup.
23. The speaker is considering driving to Boston Dynamics headquarters in person to show them the innovation.
24. The speaker is considering making a video about their journey from Los Angeles to Boston.
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