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New York and Los Angeles at least use them (Spot) already. Nestle and AB InBev in their facilities apparently. Paris uses it for Metro inspections.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFRcle4Szo4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Y52zjZYXo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9pZQ29RSz4I https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XPOpnJSldUg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p535RRR5MqM



SpaceX has one for what I imagine is PR purposes.

[1]:https://youtu.be/aajbFO7xwBM?t=36


They use flying drones all the time, you can see them flying around in the Starbase live streams. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that a flying drone can't do but spot would be able to do at Starbase. Unless Spot can crawl into a pipe or tank maybe.


Like I said, Spot can do one thing that the drones can't: Get more upvotes on his Twitter post showing how futuristic he is.

An oldie but a goodie, heres one of my favorite displays of how "ahead of the curve" Tesla is:

https://youtu.be/ib1KKHGYmLQ?t=1689


Anything that involves adding weight to the robot (e.g. carrying something from point A to point B) seems like something more suited for Spot than a camera drone.




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