Ever since Google bought Boston Dynamics in 2013, the company has said little about what it's building in the Boston Dynamics labs in Waltham, Massachusetts. All we get is the occasional amazing (and somewhat creepy) robot video
The latest entry, a two-minute exercise in robot abuse, features Spot, a smaller version of the giant Big Dog quadruped robot.
The 160-pound, four-legged Spot is remarkably agile. It navigates an office on its own, then heads outside to climb a steep hill and a flight of stairs. Spot safely makes its way over rough terrain, which it navigates with the help of its head-mounted sensor. At one point the developers pair Spot with the original Big Dog, which Spot basically humiliates. Read more...
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