Killer Apps for the Boston Dynamics Spot Mini


The spot mini if done properly could end up nearly as big as the iphone.






It'll be on on sale shortly below is the latest video.



My killer App for it is picking weeds on Farms eliminating the need for roundup for farmers, it could get rid of pests like slugs too..., even humanely.
Another killer App going through landfill and sorting recyclable materials but this is more difficult.



Deep learning means there are literally hundreds of plant identification apps for mobile phones,
in reality these don't work too well as the plant flowers might not be on the plant & the plant location in the world the time of year plant bulbs & roots are not taken into account or smell. Even plant id forums run by experts don't gaurantee a definite identification the problem is too difficult.
However identifying 5 common weeds among a crop is easy making the killer app for the spot mini practical.

The battery life for the spot mini is 90 minutes.
So I suggest that a solar kennel for spot & give it the ability to change spots batteries.
Weeds grow in summer so this is ideal for a solar powered app.

Facebooks mask crnn api is available on here github & would be ideal for weed recognition please watch this image recognition to become a believer that this can be done, it might take a few years but if boston dynamics open up to the community with their crown jewels on github & maintain technology lead like google, the community will go mad like they did on the iphone and android, I gaurantee it.



An alternative would be yolo, ( you only look once ) with mask crnn here.



Here is the github stuff most closely related to Boston Dynamics secret sauces they have to make some of their stuff public to make the spot mini useful

There are precision weedkiller spraying robots in existance see here which reduce the amount of weedkiller needed by a factor of 20 but this ain't good enough IMO.



I'd love to get a kickstarter going to do this if anyone is interested contact me at barrow_dj@yahoo.com I've a small few more secret sauces I don't want to give away all my compeditive advantage just yet.

The price of the spot mini as of Nov 2019 is projected to be around 22000 euro so I don't think it'll be putting children in India out of business any time soon.

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