A robotic dog has been tasked with maintenance work at Snowy Hydro in southern New South Wales.
Key points:
- “Spot” the robot dog has been trialled at Snowy Hydro's Tumut 2 Power Station
- It was tasked with maintenance work and gathering data
- Snowy Hydro said it is was looking at how the technology could be best adapted to the site
The robot, named Spot, is equipped with a 360-degree camera, light detection and ranging (LIDAR) scanning hardware, and a robotic arm.
It recently completed a test at Tumut 2 Power Station, where it was controlled remotely by staff.
The Boston Dynamics model was developed by technology company Emesent, which said it would be exploring the site and collecting data about Snowy Hydro's equipment and buildings.
“It can open and close doors and turn levers to close or open pipes,” company co-founder Farid Kendoul said.
Spot boasts LIDAR scanning and can go places humans find hard to reach.(Supplied: Emesent)
Snowy Hydro said it was trialling the technology to investigate ways robotics could improve operations.
Both companies said they were working out the best way to develop and use Spot at the site after the trial.
“These power plants are very complex sites. Generally they function 24/7 and you need people to always be on stand-by,” Mr Kendoul said.
“They're pre-programmed to inspect areas of interest and send an alarm to the users.”
Spot is programmed to do routine checks and alert humans to any issues.(Supplied: Emesent)
The technology was still being developed and Emesent said more work was needed to understand how the robot would navigate very tough terrain, and how it communicated with its base.
Snowy Hydro said it was developing a business case to determine how to use the technology.
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