---
title: "Watch a Robodog Drag Adam Savage Around in a Goth Rickshaw"
description: "\"Mythbusters\" legend Adam Savage has built a one-person rickshaw carriage so that his Boston Dynamics Spot robot can lug him around."
date: "2020-02-13"
modified: "2020-02-13"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/robodog-adam-savage-goth-rickshaw"
categories:
  - "Robot Dogs"
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "adam savage"
  - "boston dynamics"
  - "spot"
  - "the digest"
---

# Watch a Robodog Drag Adam Savage Around in a Goth Rickshaw

!["Mythbusters" legend Adam Savage has built a one-person rickshaw carriage so that his Boston Dynamics Spot robot can lug him around.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/robodog-adam-savage-goth-rickshaw.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Tested via YouTube\</em\>*

## Goth Rickshaw

Former "Mythbusters" co-host and YouTube tinkerer Adam Savage has built a one-person rickshaw carriage so that [his Boston Dynamics Spot robot](<https://futurism.com/see-boston-dynamics-robot-dog-outdoor-obstacle-course>) can lug him around.

Let's hope this demeaning stunt won't lead to an uprising of the machines.

https://youtu.be/zyaocKS3sfg

## Kaching!

Savage hand-built the odd-looking rickshaw contraption over five days in his workshop — a design he characterized as "steampunk, Victorian, funereal."

American engineering firm Boston Dynamics officially put its famous Spot robot [on sale](<https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-dog-goes-on-sale>) in September — and they're already being put to good use. Earlier this week, oil producer Aker BP [announced](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-work-oil-rig>) that an AI software company will test Spot out on a Norwegian oil rig. Even the Massachusetts Police Force is reportedly [experimenting with](<https://futurism.com/police-testing-boston-dynamics-robot-dog>) some Spot robots.

## See Spot Drag

In the video, Savage builds an interface to allow Spot to pull the carriage with the help of two engineers.

Thanks to the two giant cartwheels carrying most of Savage's weight, the robot had a surprisingly easy time pulling the inventor down a gravel path — but only after some software tweaking on a laptop to compensate for the added heft and upward slope.

**READ MORE:** [Adam Savage Found the Perfect Reason To Spend Tens of Thousands of Dollars on a Robotic Dog](<https://gizmodo.com/adam-savage-found-the-perfect-reason-to-spend-tens-of-t-1841665537>) \[*Gizmodo*\]

**More on Savage's exploits:** *[See Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tackle an Outdoor Obstacle Course](<https://futurism.com/see-boston-dynamics-robot-dog-outdoor-obstacle-course>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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