Boy, this robo-dog dances and lip syncs so well that you’d think it could actually listen to the music! In the latest viral video by Boston Dynamics, Spot the robotic dog invokes its inner Mick Jagger while paying tribute to The Rolling Stones on the 40th anniversary of their 1981 album Tattoo You.
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After calling for new restrictions on DJI drone sales in the US, Brendan Carr, a senior Republican commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), now wants to ban Spot – the robotic dog developed by Boston Dynamics. His argument? “I’ve seen Terminator, I’ve seen I, Robot. I know how this ends.”
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Boston Dynamics’ humanoid bot, Atlas, continues to impress. A video dropped today shows two robots navigating a complex obstacle course like a boss. The bipedal bots run up a series of plywood panels, leap over gaps and a balanced beam, and even conduct perfectly synchronized backflips as if it were no big deal.
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You’re likely familiar with Spot by now. That’s the robot/rover/drone developed by Boston Dynamics, a world leader in robotics. And the company has just released a pretty mind-blowing video to mark its recent majority acquisition by Hyundai Motor Group.
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Percepto has announced it has secured $45 million in funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and is partnering with Boston Dynamics to introduce autonomous ground and aerial inspections to industrial sites.
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Boston Dynamics has just released its Spot robot with a starting price of $74,500. For now, only US-based businesses or educational institutions can purchase Spot. Have $74,500 lying around? Then this is the robot you need in your life.
