On: Boston Dynamics shop: Spot Explorer

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a human porter can carry 30lbs and hike through any mountain trails that this robot can - it'd be a lot cheaper to hire some people than to buy a $70k robot. people can also operate for longer than 90 minutes.

the helicopters are necessary because they need to carry large loads that can't be divided up, which a robot with a 30lb capacity can't help with.

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> hike through any mountain trails this robot can

With improvements in programming, that's not necessarily true considering they have four legs.

> people can also operate for longer than 90 minutes.

Note that the 90 minutes is without payload. With payload it's likely much shorter.