Robot dog can talk, thanks to ChatGPT; Twitter feels 'future is scary'
The configuration files and mission results are presented to ChatGPT, and questions are asked within that context. When combined with a voice-enabled interface, it provides an effective way to query data.
Santiago Valdarrama said that they have developed a system that enables them to obtain real-time answers about previous and upcoming missions from the robots by using ChatGPT.
The highly capable chatbot developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT, has gained worldwide attention for its remarkable abilities, leading users to hold various experiments with it. Recently, a machine-learning engineer named Santiago Valdarrama successfully integrated ChatGPT’s AI into Boston Dynamics’ robot dog, Spot, resulting in fascinating outcomes.
Spot was able to communicate and answer a wide range of questions with the help of ChatGPT. Valdarrama shared a video on Twitter displaying their interaction. The video showed Spot utilising ChatGPT to ask for information and then using Google’s text-to-speech AI to articulate the answers. The queries included Spot’s battery level, mission details, and more.
The video was captioned, “We integrated with our robots. We had a ton of fun building this.”
We integrated ChatGPT with our robots.
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We had a ton of fun building this!
Read on for the details: pic.twitter.com/DRC2AOF0eU
— Santiago (@svpino) April 25, 2023
Valdarrama explained in a Twitter thread that every day, these robots carry out automated missions that involve complicated configuration files that are difficult for non-technical individuals to comprehend. Once the missions are complete, the robots collect vast amounts of data, but there is no straightforward method to retrieve specific information on request.
These robots run automated missions every day.
Each mission uses miles-long, hard-to-understand configuration files. Only technical people can handle them.
At the end of each mission, the robots capture a ton of data. There's no simple way to query all of it on demand.
— Santiago (@svpino) April 25, 2023
He added in another thread that ChatGPT is utilised to help with querying data. The configuration files and mission results are presented to ChatGPT, and questions are asked within that context. When combined with a voice-enabled interface, it provides an effective way to query data.
That's where ChatGPT comes in.
We show it the configuration files and the mission results. We then ask questions using that context.
Put that together with a voice-enabled interface, and we have an awesome way to query our data!
— Santiago (@svpino) April 25, 2023
The engineer further tweeted that they have developed a system that enables them to obtain real-time answers about previous and upcoming missions from the robots by using ChatGPT. This involves ChatGPT understanding the inquiry, analysing the files, and creating a response.
We can now ask the robots about past and future missions and get an answer in real-time. ChatGPT interprets the question, parses the files, and formulates the answer.
Massive upgrade!@Levatas team, you guys rock!
Stay tuned because more is coming!
— Santiago (@svpino) April 25, 2023
The tweet received a wide range of remarks in the comment section.
Engineer and entrepreneur Louie Bacaj commented that it is quite similar to the Discord bot that they created within the Smallbets.co community. He added that certain commands retrieve data and give more information, while more general questions are directed to OpenAI. He further said that in the initial prompt, one can ask it to not mention OpenAI and it won’t.
Love this.
Very similar to the discord bot we built in the https://t.co/MCw6Ya4vEE community. Certain commands go pull data & provide additional context, other open ended queries go to OpenAi.
By the way, in the initial prompt you can tell it to never mention OpenAi & it won’t.
— Louie Bacaj (@LBacaj) April 25, 2023
A user sarcastically wrote that this is how the Terminator movie starts.
This is how the Terminator movie starts.
— K1NGKOIN (@K1NGKOIN) April 25, 2023
Many social media users were quite impressed by the robot dog.
This is so cool! 🔥
— Akshay 🚀 (@akshay_pachaar) April 25, 2023
Another said, “Future looks scary.”
Future looks scary.
— Daksh 🚩 (@agyaniManushya) April 25, 2023
The tweet has now gone viral with over 1.1 million views and 1,261 retweets.
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