If you're into completely creepy choreographed dance routines performed by nightmarish robot dogs to the sounds of beloved K-pop superstars, hit play on the video above. Hyundai is showing off itsofficial acquisition of robotics company Boston Dynamicswith a new video of its prized Spot robo-pooc...
A new video from Boston Dynamics shows seven of its dog robots dancing to a song - perfectly in sync- by the K-pop group BTS. Spot first started dancing in 2018 and engineers keep bringing its skills to the next level. The sort-of terrifying robot dogs are designed to perform dangerous ...
The robot dog has been successful enough that there are commercially available — if prohibitively priced — dogs on the market, doing everything from inspecting factory processes and off-shore oil platforms to dancing for their dinner. All the publicity around robot dogs has fueled a crush of ...
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Boston Dynamics has successfully integrated complete sets of dancing moves into all three of its groundbreakingrobots– the humanoid Atlas, dog-bot Spot, and box-handler Handle – building upon the company’s previous success in getting Spot to do the Running Man to Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk”...
HYANNIS - ABoston Dynamicsrobot dog shot by a suspect three times earlier this month may have saved a "real dog" or human officer from harm, Massachusetts State Police said. Bomb squad troopers had deployed the "SPOT" robot, once known for itsviral dancing videos, on March 6 inside a hom...
Boston Dynamics said the robots’ ability to avoid knocking into each other during the dance was entirely down to “painstaking positioning and programming” rather than Spot’s built-in obstacle-avoidance smarts. “There were a lot of challenges around getting the vision of our choreographer, who...
chance to show off impressive stabilization skills when the robot holds its grabbing hand still while its body jumps around behind it. (Boston Dynamics already showed off Spot’s dancing skills in a2018 video, where it did the “Running Man” among other moves, per Chaim Gartenberg at the...
Boston Dynamics will finally sell you one of its famous robot dogs, called Spot. But this good boy comes with a hefty price tag: $74,500. You'll have to put down a $1,000 deposit and wait 6 to 8 weeks for your robot to come in the mail, but it's probably worth it if you...
As these war dogs become fixtures of militaries and militarized police we will all learn a new meaning of fear: an oppressor who can pull the trigger without even needing to be physically present." Boston Dynamics has its roots in military funding. While the robot maker has repeatedly ...