Boston Dynamics rebuilt Stretch Gen 2 from 100,000 operating hours, cutting 81% of internal cabling
xmercury_one · x · 2026-11-04
Boston Dynamics redesigned its warehouse robot Stretch Gen 2 based on learnings from 100,000+ operating hours: 81% of internal cabling (about half a mile) was removed, and a drive swap that previously took a full day now takes about an hour, significantly improving maintainability.
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