Editing Robot control (section)

==== Boston Dynamics' robots ====
[[Boston Dynamics|Boston Dynamic’s]] “Spot” is an autonomous robot that uses four sensors and allows the robot to map where it is relative to its surroundings. The navigational method is called [[simultaneous localization and mapping]], or “SLAM” for short. Spot has several operating modes and depending on the obstacles in front of the robot, it has the ability to override the manual mode of the robot and perform actions successfully. This is similar to other robots made by Boston Dynamics, like the “Atlas”, which also has similar methods of control. When the “Atlas” is being controlled, the control software doesn’t explicitly tell the robot how to move its joints, but rather it employs mathematical models of the underlying physics of the robot’s body and how it interacts with the environment”. Instead of inputting data into every single joint of the robot, the engineers programmed the robot as a whole, which makes it more capable to adapt to its environment. The information in this source is dissimilar to other sources, except the second source, because robots vary so much depending on the situation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Boston Dynamics Is Redefining Robot Agility - IEEE Spectrum |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-boston-dynamics-is-redefining-robot-agility |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=[[IEEE]] |language=en}}</ref>