Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Modifying Spot’s Robot Form!
Adam’s back with more projects with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot! In this One Day Build, Adam explores changes to Spot’s physical form by building a variety of cardboard mounts and attachments to morph its silhouette and change how we perceive the robot’s personality. From extended neck attachements to toddler shoes worn over its rubber feet, Adam tests how little shifts in appearance dramatically change Spot’s character!
Shot and edited by Gunther Kirsch
3 thoughts on “Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Modifying Spot’s Robot Form!”
Leave a Reply
One Day Builds
Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Life-Size Velocirapt…
Adam embarks on one of his most ambitious builds yet: fulfil…
Show And Tell
Adam Savage’s King George Costume!
Adam recently completed a build of the royal St. Edwards cro…
All Eyes On Perserverance – This is Only a Test 58…
We get excited for the Perserverance rover Mars landing happening later today in this week's episode. Jeremy finally watches In and Of Itself, we get hyped for The Last of Us casting, and try to deciper the new Chevy Bolt announcements. Plus, Kishore gets a Pelaton and we wrack our brains around reverse engineering the source code to GTA …
Making
Adam Savage in Real Time: God of War Leviathan Axe…
Viewers often ask to see Adam working in real-time, so this …
One Day Builds
Mandalorian Blaster Prop Replica Kit Assembly!
Adam and Norm assemble a beautifully machined replica prop k…
House of MCU – This is Only a Test 586 – 2/11/21
The gang gets together to recap their favorite bits from this past weekend's Superb Owl, including the new camera tech used for the broadcast and the best chicken wing recipes. Kishore shares tips for streamlining your streaming services, and Will guests this week to dive into the mind-bending implications of the latest WandaVision episod…
One Day Builds
Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Royal Crown of Engla…
One of the ways Adam has been getting through lockdown has b…
Making
Adam Savage Tests the AIR Active Filtration Helmet…
Adam unboxes and performs a quick test of this novel new hel…
Making
Weta Workshop’s 3D-Printed Giant Eyeballs!
When Adam visited Weta Workshop early last year, he stopped …
One Day Builds
Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Wire Storage Solutio…
Adam tackles a shop shelf build that he's been putting off f…
Boston Dynamics should just make it a contest and people can CAD it up and generate what shapes will look good.
Ok – some ideas:
1. Stick some googly eyes on the front at the top – it’s impossible to think of it as creepy after that!
2. So it’s already yellow… with long skinny legs… and then you added a long neck. Clearly it wants to be a giraffe! Add a giraffe head!
3. If you could turn it into something resembling a balloon animal (maybe with googly eyes) you could also remove a lot of creepiness. Obviously there would be engineering challenges associated with that.
I think part of the creep-factor is Spot’s lack of neck. With shoulders going straight into the ‘face’ it gives him a very bison-like look.
With the long neck and feathers, I went to the Emperor’s New Groove