A canine robot named Spot has been deployed to patrol the weathered terra-cotta and cement streets of Pompeii as part of a push to introduce innovation at the Italian site:
Cutting-edge technology is being utilized in one of the world’s great ancient ruins. A canine robot named Spot, built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinoff engineering and robotics company Boston Dynamics, has been deployed to patrol the weathered terra-cotta and cement streets of Pompeii as part of a push to introduce innovation at the Italian site., is to make the site a “Smart Archaeological Park,” with “intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive management.
Spot is agile enough to inspect narrow passages and traverse uneven surfaces, and will collect terrain data alongside a laser-scanning drone released to fly over the site and conduct autonomous 3D scans. The robot will also be used to sniff out underground tunnels made by tomb raiders, orGabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, noted that while advances in robotics and A.I.
This isn’t Spot’s first foray into the world of art and archaeology—in January, Agnieszka Pilat, the artist in residence at Boston Dynamics, “Renaissance 2.0,” which reimagines historical paintings like Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man and Michelangelo’s Creation of Adamreplacing man with machine.
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