Spot at Ontario Power Generation: Automating Circuit Breaker Tripping and Racking
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- There are an estimated 30,000 instances of arc flash each year in the United States alone, and one to two fatalities occur daily in North America. Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has five Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots deployed throughout their Enterprise Innovation division. In 2022, the team sought to see if Spot’s dexterous arm could be used to assist in tripping and racking out a 600 volt breaker-an activity that is high risk for arc flash. Now, Boston Dynamics engineers have taken this application to the next level by fully automating the procedure. Spot can perform the entire operation autonomously, with a human issuing high level commands safely out of harm's way.
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As an industrial service electrician who has donned 42cal/cm² arc flash suites many times to rack in new equipment/ breakers, this is a real joy to see... Thanks Boston Dynamics for making our industry safer...
Could you give an executive summary of what the dangers are? I'd never heard of an arc flash suit, but can sort of guess from the name. Is it protection from a nasty UV flash?
@@jackalterman Personal Protective Equipment - here a jumper rated for the flash intensity produced by a short of a particular high voltage being worked on.
I don't know... but it looks to me a bit silly to use a robot like SPOT for this kind of breakers. As we are talking about innovation and automation... it should be easier to integrate an actuator in the breaker... overall these breakers are already partially automated...
@@jackaltermanEssentially, clothing designed for electrical safety is given protection ratings in calories (a unit of heat energy). This rating is determined by how much of an electrical arc flash the clothing can handle. The clothing is usually made from cotton as it doesn’t melt like most synthetic materials. A “40 cal suit” as they’re commonly referred is very thick, think winter coat thickness, and used to protect the electrician from very high voltage arc flashes; at my job we use them whenever servicing any panel with 480v and higher, and we wear them to service 13,800v switches as well. I have never worked with anything higher than 13,800 so cannot comment beyond that. The suit has a full head covering, face shield, and thick, bulky gloves. Makes you look like one of those bomb disposal guys when you wear it, lol. And they get hot inside real quickly, especially in the summertime. For normal everyday maintenance, we wear a suit rated at 8 cals, which is basically just your standard cotton coveralls, washed in a way that doesn’t leave polymer residues as to maintain the cotton’s integrity as a non-melting material. If we have to service equipment under 480v and above 24v, we just wear safety glasses and insulated gloves along with the lighter 8 cal clothing. Hope this makes sense.😁
@CraigGood Yes, basically a fire resistant suit used to mitigate the effects of arc flash and arc blast... Arc incidents can be Very nasty, in fact several times hotter than the sun...
So glad to see Spot doing what it is designed for.
@@DirtyRobot Plot human extinction. But now its a good lil robo doggo
Wait it was not designed for dancing? I have been lied to my entire life.
If your job is to turn a ratchet then odds are you would have lost it anyway.
Ps. I'm sure people said this about combine harvesters....would you like to go rake hay 12 hours a day for minimum wage?
@@tonyatthebeach Shoot, just look at the industrial revolution which was supposed to cut millions of jobs, but didn't because it forced people to go after new trades and learn engineering and other STEM fields. Robotics are already doing the same, and we are seeing MORE jobs, as we eliminate minimum wage jobs that are dangerous or not important. We don't need a min wage cashier taking orders paid by a billion dollar corporation, we don't need people taking unnecessary risks to do something a robot can easily do.
@@PhD_Pepperthey’re just taking the boring and dangerous jobs, so we can focus on the fun and creative jobs. At least until AI takes those over, then we’ll have a real problem
Very interesting to see Spot go from tediously and manually operating a socket wrench another person put in to autonomously grabbing and turning a wrench itself. The streamlining is genuinely impressive to watch!
I think it highlights the fact that the developers devloped Spot as a proof of concept instead of targeting a particular market. Integrating some form of a power tool module on the second generation would be a welcome addition that could make the robot infinity more useful.
@@SimplestUsername I feel like something like that could be achieved by just having different attachments for the arm.
@@cameron7374 Precisely. I believe that a modular, powered, quick attach system built into spots hand would be the way to go. Then developers could build different module's that attach on Spots back to hold the attachments, bits and materials.
@@SimplestUsername It is powered. I think what you mean is rotating.
Why are they saying PPE glasses during an interview in a control room? 🤔
It is nice to see spot being utilized in the industrial sector. Having spot do the hazardous tasked usually tasked to the individual, putting them at risk of harm. It is also really gratifying to see spot's abilities being streamlined and integrated more into operations. This is amazing work, why I love Boston Dynamics.
Human resources redundancy here we come.
@@88njtrigg88It frees up a technician to work on something else.
Watching Spot evolve over the years has been really cool. I remember back when Boston Dynamics was just making big clunky robots that could walk or run around and not really do much else, they were still really cool for their time, but they’ve developed so much now
The precision of the arm is amazing
Why is it soooooooooo amazing?
@@cma4023 because of 30 years of research and hard work. They are amazing
Every technology has four simultaneous outcomes - intended/desirable, unintended/desirable, Intended/undesirable, and unintended/undesirable. The way this video focuses on one outcome is what makes it feel like marketing - especially given the equally awesome outcomes that will not be good…and given the way the industrial complex behaves as a whole, I can’t help but wonder what the tech will do to benefit an intelligent psychopathic owner. Thanks for responding so quickly - I appreciate your time :)
@@cma4023 your answer is great. An insight i didn't know I needed. Thanks
@@cma4023 maybe becasue it is marketing? Also, it's still amazing innovation at this scale.
I love how he has protective glasses for the whole interview to protect himself from the camera.
I was wondering why they were wearing safety glasses. 😄😂🤣 Nice catch.
There's literally zero reason to remove them. They may be in an area that mandates them, and if so the camera operators probably also have them on
Ever been in heavy industry? I'm surprised they don't have bump caps and hi vis vests on.
I saw that too. But I was wondering why the clothing maker's huge logo was on the shirt. It's not like it's the NFL or other sport where there is only one brand allowed. I wonder if they (the company) has to pay for it or is the maker doing this for just this kind of publicity? And fwiw, I don't like it in sports either. Also, I know who the logo belongs to, I just don't want to write their name.
You cant trust those cameras
I saw an operator taking spot on a walk through the plant about a two months ago, I was super excited to finally see one of these in real life. It's cool to see how these are going to be making my job safer.
Eexcited to see the Spots in action! Workplace incidents are going to DROP. Geniuses of engineering.
yes they are doing everything they can to replace poor people.... notice they dont try to replace high income jobs
No worker, no problem! :D
No people, no problems at all! Welcome to our instance of the Great Filter; inevitable technological progress.
Looks good in white and black. Almost like Aperture Science.
"Take me with you. I'm different! Get MAD!"
This was a triumph...
If you go back to a way older video, you'll see that Spot originally was black and white.
The smoothness and precision of spot movements is a pleasure to behold.
This is super cool to see and implemented. Anything to help keep others safer is a win in my opinion.
Spot is such a gem! Love seeing him excelling in all he does!
A couple decades ago I had a Sony Aibo but Spot is world's beyond in tech. Looking forward to meeting one someday. ❤
was that the one that could bring you a beer?
@@DeepThinkingGPUFor $100M... But they say, in USA corruption not exist...
You have 15 seconds to comply
*Boston Dynamics* _separating humans from jobs is our goal_
An excellent usage of an amazing technology. For a while, it was almost like a toy looking for a purpose, but replacing the human in hazardous situations, is an excellent purpose.
Great work Boston Dynamics. Really cool to see all the progress.
I mean yeah but technology is getting a little to advance for me.
Cowabunga! Amazing piece of ingenuity shout out to Spot and the Boston Dynamics Team 👍
What we really need is a communication between multiple robots to accomplish tasks.
Imagine two spots working the tools with big dog carrying a bunch of tools to repair major systems.
This is exactly the kind of use case that robots like this are well-suited for. People tend to think of human tasks and then getting a robot to do it. But it opens up a whole different way of thinking. No need to de-energise the facility to protect humans if there are no humans involved.
Really cool work!
Spot even gets RFID to badge through a secure door? That's really slick. There are always certain doors in a facility that can only be opened by maintenance, IT, or security, but spot might need that clearance for certain activities. Now he just has to verify that nobody sneaks in with him. Easy enough with all those cameras and thermals.
A spot rules!! So great to see these advances in this tech!
Go Spot changing the world one customer at a time!
Look at that beautiful beautiful tech. The CANDU, not spot. But spot is pretty cool also.
Amazing! Congrats!
I work in a Combine Cycle Plant & 1 of my rountine task is to manually rack in/out 6.6kV breaker. Little did i knew until i saw the video summary saying 600V breaker is consider high risk. How i wish my power station would buy just 1x SPOT..
They said people were crazy in the 60s saying robots will take over...well we owe those old buggers an apology
Boston, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK ON YOUR CHANNEL!
they are still people complaining about a robot stealing a human's job but not often also taking the risk that come with that job
Today's complaining comes from artist, writers, and the white collar crowd who once were immune, are now being replaced by Artificial Intelligence.
I would be very happy to have spot carry heavy electrical service equipment onto those LV switchgear platforms when we do annual maintenance.
These dogs are so cute!
A great display of American technology, competition, and character would be a video of Atlas and his trusty companion, Spot.
The Chinese Unitree Go2 would prance all over those fools and you might actually be able to buy it...
Boston Dynamics was actually sold to Koreas Hyundai. I believe it went Boston to Google and then to Korea.
In my opinion, integrated power tools seem like a pretty obvious option for a robot like this.
not an electrician but i imagine there's a 6m arc flash reason on this type of work that prevents the humans from using power tools in the first place
For real, a kitchenaid mixer has that universal socket. Spot needs one. They can partner with dewalt or something.
There's probably a few reasons why they don't do it. First of all, it adds weight to the arm. Then, another point of failure, one that is quite a bit harder to fix than simply giving Spot a new ratchet wrench. Spot's current arm is capable of doing all kinds of things, like opening doors, tripping breakers, picking up things, it's really a jack of all trades. Why give it an integrated tool for a single purpose, rather than have it just use the already existing arm?
@@joost1120 A decent drill/screw motor is only a few ounce, that could be detachable or built in. The complicated part would be building a reliable quick selection bit/screw holder that fits on spots back.
If it's detachable (which is the way I'd go) they just need to update spot it self with a powered modular quick attach system somewhere on Spots hand, ideally in a way that places the driver right below the hand camera.
They said it in the video, flexibility as a platform. They don't want to decide for their customers what use cases they can use the bot for.
i love to see BD out in the real world! So much hope for our future!
The keycard under the hand at 3:59 is underrated
Fico facinado com a inteligência artificial da Boston Dynamics, seus robôs são incríveis 👍👏
Long live Boston Dynamics ans Spot!
This is great step for humanity.
Would love to have a Spot to teach the neighborhood dogs to be more useful and quieter!
Finally a real use case with massive potential. This is actually a really good idea.
Here's to less electricians getting blown up by high energy arcs and to being able to perform maintenance faster with lesser disruption to service.
Those high energy electrical systems are scary beasts.
The fact that the arm doesn’t have a way to use an impact driver or a socket attachment is a miss. But this shows the versatility of the robot badass
Just having a free-spinning head would do the job. Or strap on a power driven socket onto one of the "fingers".
Great work OPG!!!
Seeing a Sri Lankan in a Boston dynamics video made my day 😊
the double glasses is hilarious
I think an astromech droid would be more versatile
So you can teach an old dog new tricks! Keep up the good work Spot!😊
Spot on!
hes such a good boy
Well done people!
Is spot very heavily shielded to stop radiation from blocking communications with the operator?
People have no clue how incredibly advanced the spot system is to he effectively deployed in a situation like this by a small innovation team like this.
Woot Woot. Spot is in Canada making things safer and eliminating hazards for humans workers. Luv it. I hope Spot’s next stop is my house! LOL
Spot in green has never looked finer!
Finally a none dancing show case. Congratulations great job!
Fantastic!
Spot be looking stylish with that green
These are the best videos on UA-cam . 😁
Its great to see their robot tech is advancing.
A lot of people feel threatened by automation but i think it will all work out in the end.
Non, ça ne va pas s'arranger 🤨
@@marjanakuzmanovic888 I respect your view.
@@lazarusblackwell6988Vous savez, ça fait déjà des années que je m'intéresse à ce qu'il se passe dans le monde 🌍 Bonne journée 🖐️
Spot would be perfect to send to the Moon, Mars whatever. Would save on so much Drama, Expense and Danger of manned spaceflight.
I mean that's asking bit much
This model cant go to mars, moon dust will destroy Spot in few days at max, not to mention radiation, low gravity and temperature.
Thats why Spot is not on moon yet.
That’s what rovers are for. Our next step is manned missions to Mars there is no need to send spot.
awesome
My Dad used to be an operator at OPG, gonna send him this.
Wow spot has evolved.. used to just deliver mail in the basement..
Good Spot!
Wow , it's putting off the fire itself 😊
...1 year later: "We are all unemployed thanks to Spot, Atlas, and Heckler". (the managerial bot)
This is the future Hyundai envisioned for BD, and I can't help but praise them for reaching it. We need more robotics.
I did not know Hyundai acquired BD, interesting. I thought they were still under Google.
どうかこの素晴らしい技術達が攻める側として、軍事転用されません様に🙏🇯🇵to🇺🇸
I love this company
nothing better than replacing a highly skilled worker with a robot. ontario’s dream!
Who could imagine, that Boston Dynamics will get so far with this. I'm so impressed.
fire extinguisher spot is my new favorite lol
That's nice how he can protect workers. Now, where's my consumer-tier Spot to make me a coffee and save me 5 minutes of time? ;]
we want MORE dance & music vids with SPOT
Robot: I will replace you!
Human: Meh
One thing I'm confused about: why the racheting motion? Can Spot's hand not spin freely?
I think his hand can't spin freely because slip rings are a point of friction, a maintenance issue, and are not spark-free certified to work in explosive environments.
Also, Spot ratcheting like anyone of us would do is super-cute, and as I've followed them from the very beginning, I think that the cuteness/biomimicking factor is a design feature at boston dynamics.
More like, why can't he use a power tool, lol.
I would guess the wires and hydraulics that actuate the hand only have a limited rotational distance.
@@Idiomatick Spot is a power tool. But seriously, the ‘hands on’ approach is safest. Any operator will tell you that sensing any resistance when working on this is important. Spot will be able to relay telemetry on the stiffness or resistance of the fitting, just in case there is a bigger problem at hand.
Power tools are handy for some tasks but other tasks require a softly, softly approach.
I wonder if Spot will use some sort of a tool belt some day.
Boston Dynamics, I'm always gonna call you boston and you're now officially now a member of the GREAT 10 UA-camrs that are mark, gura, dream, Nate, you, Alan, tombstone, shimpy, anonymiss and daily
Those are some of the worse people you could have named
Can Spot's hand not spin? Does it have to do the normal human motion for the wrench going back and forth instead of just spinning it?
Imagine Spot walking around with a toolbox and a head that can pick out whatever one it needs for a give task.
At this point, it's only a matter of programming it to do so.
CNC machines are capable of swapping tools since decades, after all.
Put a little hardhat on it.
Tool box? check
Tiny hard hat? check
All he needs now is a exposing butt crack and we’re in business
Way to go!
I see that spot seems to be developing in the direction of industry.
But I think guide dogs are also a practical and worthy direction.
I think guide dogs carry out functionality that is far more advanced than what Spot is able to do yet, or even any time soon. Their job would require Artificial Generalized Intelligence, and we're not there yet. Moreover, guide dogs provide genuine emotional companionship and it is an open question if AI would ever be able to do that. (Yes, sci-fi books and movies make emotions seem so accessible, but there is nothing remotely resembling general emotion in real-life AI.)
Actual living dogs need a lot of care and are not always practically feasible to keep, especially for disabled people, and not everybody needs the emotional companionship or even like dogs. Nobody suggests replacing ALL guide dogs with robots, there would be situations where one or the other is more suitable.
A guide dog could be replaced with a wearable AI GPS device, it doesn't need to actually lead the person by a leash
I am not a person with that need, but I can see it aiding the elderly, and disabled in retrieving, and performing some task. Commercial enterprises have more money, so get prime attention while the handicapped have the least, so are last, or forgotten.
I love to see a robot arm designed to flip a switch that turns on the electricity. I feel so normal.
Spot is the most complicated, Rube Goldberg-esque relay/contactor ever made.
Fantasztikus.👏
One step closer to the movie Wall-e...
China making human-like Robots
Boston dynamics:" fuckit I'm making dogs" 😂
yeah because those robots cant do a single thing well enough for industrial use, also look at atlas
I’d be interested in learning if SPOT could function as a disease home support service devise.
Device
very interesting!
we just using remote racking and operation -> NHP and Schneider have remote racking ACB's.
the tools can put vertical on the backbone of spot, that it can put maybe 3 to 4 different tooling(screw driver, handler, etc.) and quickly exchange by the spot arm, like tooling belt
"Wait... I said turn it off not on. Now look what you've done. You've started a fire".
So where is Atlas?
Robots so safe you'll need two pairs of safety glasses!
Person: I’ll just get a job at the power plant.
Boston Dynamics:
I see a lot of positions eliminated 😢 be careful what you wish for. So far, all MCC have safe mechanism to rack out breakers for service. The moment you involve robots, they will cut your jobs. Be careful!
@@AZQ-fj5zyyou might be the first person on here with a brain. All hail robots for taking away shitty jobs
Spot forgot screwdriver in shop. I be right back.
I would love to see a quick disconnect attachment for the spot arm... so it can swap tool quickly and pricisly...
Good dog Spot.
Radiation afflicted the robots at Fukushima - I know its less but is there any long term problem ? ...