Ask A Roboticist: Meet Cassie | Boston Dynamics
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Meet Cassie, an electrical engineer at Boston Dynamics, as she answers real questions from kids and other curious minds - from how to start a career in robotics to Spot’s favorite color.
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00:01 Introduction
00:38 What did you study in school?
01:08 What got you interested in robotics?
01:34 How long does it take to make a robot?
01:59 Can you tell Spot what to do?
02:18 Can I drive the robot into or over a classmate?
02:41 Does Spot have a favorite color?
02:52 Can Spot help with my homework?
02:59 How many pounds can Spot lift?
03:26 How do I start building robots or can I?
#BostonDynamics #Robots #Robotics - Věda a technologie
Wow, she looks, moves and sounds so real.
Edit:
Okay, for the ones who think this was a joke to objectify Cassie: No, bad incel!
This was a joke about the advanced and human-like robots Boston Dynamics produces.
Sub-comments like "Where can I buy her" and "It's cute" are not in the spirit of the original joke and reflect badly on you, your parents and your way of life.
If she hadn't of glazed over and spoke of the robot uprising? I honestly wouldn't have been able to tell
Lol
Can we build a robot with this fantastic sense of irony/sarcasm?
A shame she broke immersion by wearing that thing on her face: If it wasn't for that I'd have almost been fooled into thinking the humanoids there are alive and conscious!
OMG...was thinking the same thing, especially in the intro. I guess if you hang with robots long enough, you start to assimilate.
Wow! The next leap in robotic human realism is looking great. Good job Boston Dynamics! Let’s hope the Cassie model stays with us for a long time!
exactly what I was thinking when I saw the title
Meet Atlas
Meet Spot
Meet Cassie
Omg how did I not realise this !
The corridor crew breakdowns is going to be hard for this one
I don't know, she seems narrow-minded.
I'm a fan of Boston Dynamics's robots, but seeing how the Chinese government is using them to force residents to stay starving inside their apartments during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown is a sad reminder that these robots will mostly be used by governments and companies for evil purposes. But any way good joke.
Shoutout to the Half-Life fans and that Black Mesa hoodie. Boston Dynamics is kinda like the real world Black Mesa.
Let's just hope they aren't planning on overloading an Anti-Mass Spectrometer and cause a resonance cascade 😬
gotta give her cred for choosing such an understated hoodie. if you know, you know, otherwise its a normal generic looking hoodie.
@@bibeau756 They're waiting for you Gordon, in the test chamber.
@@dfgdfg_ in the test chaymeburrhh*
she doesnt need to hear all this. shes a highly trained professional!
I'll admit, when I saw the notification say "Meet Cassie" I was expecting a whole new fancy robot reveal. :P
It is. Cassie is a hyper advanced humanoid robot.
Cassie is an excellent ambassador for robotics, nice clip!
Wow she is so real! I thought she was a human the whole time!
Next step : no vocal fry, but great ambassador yes :-)
Sure she is. She wears a face nappy walking down the corridor but takes if off for the interview 🤡
Thank you Cassie for helping to inspire people to be interested in science and engineering.
I have had to pass on Engineering applicants who didn't know who Mr Scott was.
This made me so happy, I love robotics so much but I have always wanted to be an electrical engineer. It never even crossed my mind that there is a possibility I might work on robots one day. Love you Cassie!!!!!
This comment means a lot to me!! And it's why I agreed to do this even though the whole thing terrified me 🤣 you can absolutely do it. Keep working on your side projects and tinkering!!
good luck!!!!
@@cassiemckay as a fellow can't brush I introverted nerd, I feel you. People see me in my respect to field and think I'm extroverted. What they are releasing though is me being in my safe space and creative space with something that I love and being passionate about sharing it with others. Thank you for doing this video and sharing your love and passion with others and relating to them your story. PS my 13yr old son is in a magnet HS robotics program and I can't wait to show him this video.
Q: How would you get into robotics if you're in the life sciences?
Most of my career has been in labs and clinical environments, which seems pretty separate from the more hard engineering of places like these.
Being brutally honest, it would be difficult, more than likely you'd have to go back to school and get one of the following: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, an ECET related diploma, or a Bachelor of Mechatronics.
Your experience would come in handy for sure as I'm sure it's taught you problem solving and good analytical skills, but you're right, that field is quite far removed.
If you're really interested you could try to teach yourself basic digital electronics and become familiar with embedded programming on resource limited platforms like microcontrollers. There's a bunch of free courses online, you could start with something super simple like an Arduino and graduate yourself to more industry standard controllers like PICs or TI based ones. Once you have a basic understanding of digital electronics and embedded systems you could start looking into more exclusively robotics based subjects like motion and path profiling, again, lots of free courses online that usually have a name like "Robotic Applications" or something along those lines.
@@dtraindaimyo3377 Great info, as a Dad I like to have some basic understanding when a 'how too questions?' comes up...
I was wonder, my 12 year old son has autism and loves his gaming, but I would like to introduce him to coding as I think he would greatly enjoy it, do you have any suggestions, if not too much trouble on where he could start ?
@@dodgygoose3054
Hey man,
Depends on what he's interested in, personally I find learning pure programming without some sort of application a little boring, but he might not be the same.
I think embedded programming is a little bit more fun because you get to see directly how the hardware in a device interacts with the software- so I can give you advice there.
Look around for some simple projects you and your son both might be interested and start from there. For example, you could create a timed LED strip that flashes some sort of colored pattern.
For a beginner microcontroller I would recommend an Arduino which can be a good platform for learning C or C++. A cheaper alternative is a buying a Ti microcontroller and using "Energia" which is basically an Arduino port. Alternatively you could get something like a raspberry pi which is actually a mini computer, but you still have access to GPIO ports to interact with external peripherals like LEDs, temperature sensors, accelerometers, etc... On a pi you can also write your code in Python instead of C or C++ which might be a bit more beginner friendly.
This might sound a little like gibberish but Google "beginner Arduino projects" or "beginner raspberry pi projects" and try to find something you and your son will both be interested in making together.
@@dtraindaimyo3377 Mate that was brilliant thank you. That raspberry pi sounds really interesting, we're out in country Australia so those temperature sensors, bits and bobs would get him out and about a little, plus beginner friendly is always good. Thank you again you've been a big help.
@@dtraindaimyo3377 i'm just a viewer randomly reading comments, and i don't know if i'll ever apply myself any of the information you've given these two people, but i really needed to tell you this :
you are an awesome, cool and tremendously helpful person.
Great to hear more from the people working on this stuff. Thanks, Cassie!
Question: How to find a job some point at Boston Dynamics? 🧡
Loved seeing the building and repair lab. Please show more of this. Us geeks love to see the tools for fabrication.
It's cool to see Americans, Russians, Brazilians and even Italians showing up in this comment section, the whole world likes those robots
Wild, I went to high school with this girl. Looks like an awesome job!
Shout-out to my Cape Cod Tech ppl
Dude, hi!! I remember you 😃 kinda crazy right?? Weird to think I've been at BD for 14 years, and that's how long we've been out of high school 😂
"Sometimes we do things for the first time, and end up breaking something. And this is helpful because this makes our robots better and more reliable."
- The Robot's Code of Life
Break it til they make it.
That's exactly what's called reinforcement learning
Omg thank you so much Cassie and Boston dynamics!!! These are some of my main questions to Boston dynamics that I’ve had inside for so long and I hope and dream of doing what you and all of those who work there do at Boston dynamics thank you!!!! #Boston Dynamics, best robotics company on earth!!!
It's totally possible jobs like theses are going to start poping up because it's a new ara mostly technology is going at a super rare that it's crazy even in the next three years life is going to change drastically
You are so so welcome, thank you for the kind words!! Keep up your side projects etc in whatever work you're interested in, who knows who you'll meet etc that could give you an in.
Cassie you and your team are doing an amazing work in robotics. Thank you for your efforts and pioneering this technology. It's impressive what you all have achieved so far 🤖
I've been following Boston Dynamics robotics since 2004 or so, what you have done in that time is truly amazing. And I'm really enjoying these latest videos where you're focusing on the behind-the-scenes and the engineers that are in R&D.
An idea for a future video would be to have them show you around their workspaces and the tools/programs they use.
I wanted to be in robotics when I was younger, but it was the 80s, robotech and transformers was my dream!
Good on ya for following your dreams
I'm interested in the fact that you got into the field without a college degree. Any time I ask about this field people make it seem entirely impossible to enter if you don't have a cs, electrical or mechanical engineering degree.
@@SpecialSalads actually I'm an electrical engineer that's my proper title, I just didn't update linked in because I barely use it. I started as a technician 15 years ago and have been on the engineering design team for about 4 years now! Totally can be done, and I'd say it would be faster if you had a degree, it sure took me a really long time to work up to engineer but I loved being a technician too!!
Yeah for me I got a head start by going to a technical high school, where I graduated with multiple industry certifications in computer repair which very much applied to my first technician dog working on littleDog at BD! In high school I even learned Solidworks. I was a technician for about 11 years, started as a very basic junior tech then worked my way up. I've been on the engineering design team for about 3-4 years now. The biggest thing is doing projects on the side/your own time that prove your real life skills, since even having a degree doesn't guarantee you have hands on real world experience.
@currupt I wanted to add another important thing... for me I was lucky enough to get in on the ground floor at BD, before we were famous... And take on a very basic role. I would say if you want to go to the no degree route that's probably important, it's hard to get in the door at high profile places until you've got a good resume and title... Working your way up in a company is the route I and others without degrees at my company went. There are maybe 3 of us at the moment in the engineering side without degrees out of 400, so it's not common but not impossible (we've all got 10+ years of professional experience tho too starting as technicians)
@@cassiemckay Thanks very much for the in-depth response! I've been following BD since their first upload on youtube, I've always thought the stuff you present is super cool. I really like working with electronic and mechanical systems, it's very satisfying to fix something. College never seemed like the right fit for me, so I assumed I just couldn't ever get into robotics. It's cool to see someone who is a real example to the contrary. Thanks again for answering my question.
@@cassiemckay woah you really grinded fot that long, that's difficult. I didn't think companies did that anymore nowadays. they seem to want people to get all the degrees first instead of letting people learn on the job, even in more practical fields like engineering :/
Humanity needs more smart women like her! Rock on, Cassie!
I'm Computer Engineer turned "Mechatronics Engineer" and I can completely agree that the joy of hardware combined with a little software is like non other.
As Gabe Newell once said, it's like magic, and we are the wizards making the magic.
Aaron Swartz said something similar about programming and magic.
So if an ordinary person purchased a Spot, what could they realistically do with them if they had no knowledge of coding? In the future are you planning on giving it some sort of AI so it can take verbal commands from people who aren’t tech savvy?
Since it can be programmed voice recognition is one of possible programs it could run
I imagine quite a lot since, like they showed it can be controlled remotely by a controller.
I would assume they're not planning on adding baked-in AI beyond safety measures/basic object recognition and mapping. But it has an API, which means the onus is on a developer to create whatever AI they want for it, and release the software for others to use.
You're basically asking if you can drive a car with no engine.
Spot needs a program to run. A car can't run without an engine. You can make your program take verbal commands and do something, but only if you program that in.
If I had to guess they would set something up so oof you wanted spot to follow a specific path it would be a setting then just have him walk the path with the controller then it re follows that path.
Love the Black Mesa hoodie :D
She is so carismatic
Go girl! ❤️
As a dad this type education of careers is brilliant!! Thanks.
I love all their updates. So inspiring!
Question: Do you track animal movement and transfer parts of it to the robots or is it a pure calculations + trial and error type developement ?
Reinforcement learning (Machine Learning) + animal-leg-like movement policy
@@jonathanarreola5279 I think they haven't implemented neural networks in any area of the Spot robots just yet. The arm extension, however, might be using computer vision.
I don't know for sure, but I guess a part of both. It looks quite obvious that the walking cycle is inspired by animals that is mimicked into spot by calculations and trail and error. I guess they use a pre determine motion cycle for normal circumstances with a on-board processing system to adjust for more complex surfaces like a inclination or stairs.
the way its done is that they look at the layout of the animal (here they used a dog) and set up the joints more or less like the animal then its pretty simple the have the neural network in the robot calculate the angles and movement speed with input from a gyroscope making it hard to actually say whats being figured out by the AI through learning and what is being calculated from input by the gyro and other sensors :D
I love her hardware, she looks so real !!
Always love a video from Boston Dynamics! I hope we get more atlas videos soon, he's by far the most impressive to me.
I remember reading Asimov as a kid and there was “roboticist” as a job title, and I always wanted to do that
@桜 ᴹᵘᵏᵘ⁴² 👽 I got a head injury and lost the ability to do a lot of the math needed. I also lost of my memories, so like I don’t recall most of my teen days or how I met my wife
You guys really stepped up your game, I can't even tell the difference between real and fake anymore.
Sidenote: That hoodie! Good morning and welcome to the Boston Dynamics transit system. 😄
That was a GREAT Q&A, Cassie. That kind of thing might become a regular feature that Boston Dynamics does, say a few times a year. Something to think about.
Actually would be cool having these even if it's not a lot
I'm dumb as hell I thought roboticist was like racism to robots
go cassie!
awesome Q&A 👏🏼
GAGAGAGAGA I just disliked my own face because I am unpretty. HOWEVER: I always like my GOOD videos however. No dislikes allowed where I come from. Don't be mean, dear wgo
Yoo funny seeing him here
She wears Alyx Vance hoodie. And Alyx also build a robot-dog... Good easter egg lol
Thanks Cassie and good work, showing this to both my daughters
Computer engineering major here, taking a class on robotics where we each build/assemble an autonomous robot with SLAM on ROS seems like a really fun field to work on tho I don’t know how I would find a place to work at compared to general embedded systems where there are much more jobs available I may just keep it as a hobby though
Amazing! (From Italy)
She did a fantastic job, her whole demeanour was so welcoming, warm and bright. I know for sure somewhere out there many girls who never truly considered this career path have jus chosen it- and boys also
Whoever you are, this means a lot to me!! Thank you
@@cassiemckay Bless 🙌, Continue.
Hello, i'm a fan of your work, keep the robots evolving, they can be helpful with so many things
The Alyx Vance of our universe!
Anyway, really great video, looking forward to the next one
Love from India big fan keep inventing keep growing keep changing the world.
Thank you for this video :)
The US is so amazing. The fact that you have the option to go to a technical high school is so dope.
Good vid, cherry on top is the blooper moments with robots faceplanting!
that black mesa hoodie, real cool lmao
Q: How might you program multiple Spots to work together for large tasks (say, picking up an object from two ends, or using one Spot to help the other to cross a gap)? How well could they coordinate?
finally seeing some of the people behind the boston dynamics robots humanizes the whole thing
Cool job definitely a future in this field, looking forward to what you guys come up with next. 😊👍🤖❤
Good video! Gives me a little confidence and lots of motivation.
Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks Cassie for the great Q&A
Greetings from Germany
My biggest question is how is spot manufactured? Now that you have a commercial product, how are you seeing to the development and scaling of its continued production? Is spot built by other robots? Is he hand assembled everytime? Are you finding ways to significantly speed up spot production?
I love these MIT type ladies 💕
Yup, Cassie just inspired the next round of Boston Dynamics employees. Good Job!
Very cool! Great video
Q: What new types robots if any do you plan to create in the future and how do you hope to improve on the three types you have currently?
Watching this 42,000 feet in the air!
Wow that's a lot of toes...
Loving these interviews. Also, that Black Mesa hoodie is quite fitting considering her career path!
the return of the king
Clicked like because of the Black Masa hoodie . . . good choice.
Whoah your robots look so realistic now! These humanoids look so cool!
what type of motor is being used for the limb? are there individual motors for each knee ? what is the average torque required for various operations such as walking and running?
Amazing! Technology has advanced so far, the Cassie bot is insanely realistic!!!
But does it have any taboos?
Hilarious and original
@@quantumblur_3145 mald more
Thank you so much.
“Her story” - I just applied and everything worked out for me, yayyyy 🙄
I'm thinking, when Spot (as robot dog) will be used in space (stationary orbit of planet, of flying through deep space) where is no strong gravity vectors (like on surface in pointing down to the core of the planet), you guys should attach flexible tail (think here as cats do their acrobatic things in their lives - walking on top side of the door, or if drop them upside down, their rotate their body to land on their 4 palms).
I hope it clear enough, and helps out more for the future R&D projects.
black mesa hoodie, awesome!
Wow, She so beautyful and make best robot. I love spot and Boston Dynamics :)
I am going to FANUC's robotics instructor course next month! That will be fun!
Question: What programming language you used to build the core Spot software? I know there are so much, for example, one of the best known could be Arduino, but to make something so great you probably used, I can imagine, C...C++ or something like that... 😉
Great video to share with students. Thank you, Cassie.
Black Mesa hoodie = respect.
Thank you!! Both my parents are teachers, so anything that gets the kiddos excited makes me super happy. Fist bump for HL.
Did Cassie go straight into working on spot in Boston Dynamics from high school? (which I guess is equivalent of UK A levels or GNVQ) So no electronic engineering degree? Would Boston Dynamics consider an application from someone who had designed, built and programmed their own robots for fun as a hobby, but lacked a formal qualification in electronics?
Hi Cassie! Nice to meet you!
Suggestions on getting into robotics for someone mid career in an office nontech field? Is going back for a scientific Masters degree the only way?
Does spot require network connectivity to work?
If yes, can it receive OTA firmware updates?
Question: If you didnt had technical Limitations caused by the actual Level of Robotics, Electronics, Hardware, etc. ..... is there a Robot that you would like to create? (Like something you saw in a Movie, game or your own Creativity)
She’ll be back!
Q: Apart from IT and Electronics, how much of Mechanics is needed to study to approach robotics?
Damn! Never thought of that! Maybe I should be in robotics!
Question: Do you sell the robots ? And can you learn programming to come into Boston dynamics
Can you specify the IDE and language used for programming robots in BD?
Nicely done.
Thanks fro sharing
spoiler: she's the new robot
Clicked so fast thinking "Cassie" was a new advance AI from BD 😂
It is not a game of one person. I did phD in bionics technology. I know that the group of intellectual persons with clear vision. They are required with 100% dedication and loss their days and nights. Love to all persons of boston dynamics from CEO to sweeper.
Question, do you keep upgrading and revising on spot or is the spot we see now the final?
❤❤ I loved the Black Mesa sweatshirt
I come from a similar background, I just wish I pursued electronics and got into it more, programmed the mini version of assembly claw arms. I got laughed out of my Highschool program for wanting to pursue utility robots and cybernetics instead of "real things" so I kinda just lost my spark. I threw it in their faces years later when I saw the first advanced prosthetic hands.
Damn, I wanted a tech demo of a new robot. That’s why I hit the bell icon. lol
Still, this was a very appreciated video. Love these updates.
Yeah, I definitely read "Meet Cassie" and was expecting a whole new robot for a few seconds lol.
Dream from Turkey. We are watching you. Thanks.
I've enjoyed watching Spot join the SpaceX team in Boca. What I'd like to know is if Spot is being bred for a trip to Mars? Maybe on the first trips? That would be incredible.
Thanks.
Good question. I also wonder if that is why Musk is building the Teslabot optimus to help set up the base before humans arrive on Mars.
What is the lightest Spot can weigh with the largest available battery? In that configuration, what is the most weight Spot can have added to it?
when you start building a robots whats the first piece or section you begin with?
Looking forward to the day when Boston Dynamics makes a "personal assistant" for people that need one !
I wanna work for Boston Dynamics sometimes..
Awesome 👍
I have been working on Electronics systems for 3 years now after going to a Technical intermediary school after high school. I've gotten a certification in Professional PCB Design, and still working on as much Microcontrollers as I can(AVR series, ESP32). I'm about to enrol into College in ny country, Nigeria.
Do you think I have a fair chance after college to get q place at Boston?