Spot | Environmental Consulting

Develop Boston Dynamics robot Spot into an Environmental Consulting Technician

Utilzation of Spot Hardware to Accomplish the Following Tasks:

• Environmental Drilling Helper
• Environmental/Construction Inspections
• Compliance/Stormwater Inspections
• Geomorphology/Survey Studies
• Environmental Sampling Air/Soil/Water

Boston Dynamics | Developer

Integrate Boston Dynamics robots into your applications with the Boston Dynamics Developer Toolkit.

The Toolkit consists of:

• Robot APIs to control the robot and read information about the world.
• The Python client library and tests.
• Documentation.
• Example Programs.

Python

Supported Platforms and Versions

The Python client library is supported on the following platforms:

• Windows 10
• MacOS 10.14 (Mojave)
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Python 3.6 and Python 3.7 are supported. Note that Python 3.8 is not supported at this point.

Python 2.7 is not supported. The Python 2 End-Of-Life is coming at the beginning of 2020, and Python developers are encouraged to move to Python 3.

Documentation and tutorials

The Python QuickStart is a step-by-step guide that will get you up and running on the Python libraries, and cover a number of key concepts along the way.

The Python Reference is a detailed reference manual for API calls.

Example Programs:

• Hello, Spot! provides a basic template for issuing simple commands to Spot.
• WASD is an interactive terminal-based program for controlling Spot via the keyboard. It demonstrates more advanced use of the command system.
• The Command Line tool lets you inspect the state of the robot, and demonstrates how to handle errors well.

Contact Us

Email [email protected] to get in touch with the Boston Dynamics Support team.