Let's say, just hypothetically, that a surveillance robot styled after a dog was giving you a hard time. In this situation, you'd want to shut the thing down, and quickly. Thankfully, when it ...

Spot, a robotic dog created by tech company Boston Dynamics, is being used across the nation to help assist law enforcement in the field. U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Life Money Travel ...

Boston Dynamics has started selling its Spot robot. We take a look at how the design has developed over the years to become the amazing robot you see today.

When Boston Dynamics engineers kick a robot, you feel like they’re kicking man’s best friend. It’s all in the name of technology. But their new creation Spot moves so much like a dog that ...

See Spot spook the living daylights out of Dick and Jane and you and many others who watch him in all his robotic glory. Spot is a very undoggy agile mobile robot with a decidedly doggy name ...

Human workers, too, have to adapt to Spot. “The robot has a high degree of autonomy, but it's not like you can just put the robot into a space and say, OK, now scan everything,” says Perry.

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot has been tasked with a new job - patrolling the ancient ruins of Pompeii. The robot will be used to inspect the site for safety issues and record structural ...

Spot from Boston Dynamics performs serious (and controversial) jobs. But it recently competed against shelter dogs in a series of challenges just for fun. Spot the robot dog competes against real ...

Boston Dynamics’ famous four-legged Spot robot is now on general sale for $74,500, or the price of a Tesla Model S. Although Spot is nimble, it’s mostly suited for data collection work, and it ...

Spot with a robot arm. Spot has cameras on its front, back, and sides that help it navigate, travel autonomously, move omnidirectionally, go up and down stairs, and traverse a terrain.

The company says that Spot robot will be available in the second half of next year for a variety of applications. Source: Boston Dynamics View gallery - 4 images ...