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Researchers Are Teaching Robots to Share the Sidewalk With Pedestrians
Researchers Are Teaching Robots to Share the Sidewalk With Pedestrians

27 Sep 2021, 19:28 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Imagine taking a walk in the park, while sharing the sidewalk with other pedestrians, dogs, and quadruped robots. That's what researchers are working on

 
Here Are All the Extra Things an American Headless Robot Dog Can Do After Update 3.0
Here Are All the Extra Things an American Headless Robot Dog Can Do After Update 3.0

27 Sep 2021, 14:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boston Dynamics released earlier this update an update for the Spot robot, increasing its autonomy and data-gathering abilities

 
Spot the Robot Becomes a Damage Assessor for an American Insurance Company
Spot the Robot Becomes a Damage Assessor for an American Insurance Company

20 Sep 2021, 14:11 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Spot the robot continues to prove its versatility by joining the claims personnel at Farmers Insurance. It will be used to assess the damage from catastrophes

 
Hammerhead eV20 Cargo Drone Can Carry Spot the Robot Dog in Its Luggage Compartment
Hammerhead eV20 Cargo Drone Can Carry Spot the Robot Dog in Its Luggage Compartment

17 Sep 2021, 15:31 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Airlogix took advantage of this year's edition of the Commercial UAV Expo Americas to announce its newest cargo drone, the Hammerhead eV20

 
Atlas the Robot Works Its Hydraulic Joints, Nails Parkour Demonstration
Atlas the Robot Works Its Hydraulic Joints, Nails Parkour Demonstration

17 Aug 2021, 18:43 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Next to Spot, Atlas the robot is one of the most popular machines developed by Boston Dynamics. Watch it give an impressive parkour demonstration.

 
Xiaomi Is Making Robot Dogs Now, Launches New CyberDog
Xiaomi Is Making Robot Dogs Now, Launches New CyberDog

10 Aug 2021, 18:01 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has just unveiled its new product. No, it's not another smartphone or vacuum cleaner, but a robot dog.

 
Cheerful, Desktop-Sized Robot Dog Reminds You to Put Your Mask On
Cheerful, Desktop-Sized Robot Dog Reminds You to Put Your Mask On

5 Aug 2021, 18:37 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / XGO-Mini is the desktop-sized robot dog you've dreamed about. The cheerful, active quadruped comes with 12 degrees of freedom and can have a lot of applications

 
Watch Out Spot, There's a New Robot Dog in Town and It's Getting Smarter
Watch Out Spot, There's a New Robot Dog in Town and It's Getting Smarter

4 Aug 2021, 15:01 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Four-legged robots seem to be all the rage. They can access places hard to reach for wheeled robots and prove to be extremely useful in industrial settings.

 
Numbers Don’t Lie. Robots Are Taking Over and It Will Be a Global Phenomenon
Numbers Don’t Lie. Robots Are Taking Over and It Will Be a Global Phenomenon

4 Aug 2021, 09:23 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A recently published study shows how much the global AI robot market will be worth by 2026. Numbers confirm what we already suspected: robots will take over.

 
The Company That Created Spot the Robot Dog Is Now Owned by Hyundai
The Company That Created Spot the Robot Dog Is Now Owned by Hyundai

22 Jun 2021, 07:39 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The creator of Spot, one of the most popular robots in the world, has been bought by Hyundai, in a deal that valued the robotics company at $1.1 billion.

 
Spot the Robot Dog Is One Year Old and Has Accomplished so Much Already
Spot the Robot Dog Is One Year Old and Has Accomplished so Much Already

17 Jun 2021, 08:12 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Here's to a year with the most famous robot dog in the world. Spot, the creation of Boston Dynamics, has managed to accomplish a lot during this last year.

 
ANYmal Is the Fully Automonous Robot Dog That Can Tackle Any Dirty Job
ANYmal Is the Fully Automonous Robot Dog That Can Tackle Any Dirty Job

25 Apr 2021, 09:15 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / ANYbotics, a Swiss robotics company, introduced ANYmal, a new robotic inspection solution for operators of energy and industrial processing plants.

 
K-Pop Group BTS Celebrates Earth Day with Hyundai, Spot Robot Turns Lights Off
K-Pop Group BTS Celebrates Earth Day with Hyundai, Spot Robot Turns Lights Off

21 Apr 2021, 08:11 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Hyundai and k-pop boy band BTS are celebrating Earth Day with a hydrogen campaign video. The clip released promotes Hyundai's NEXO, as well as eco-friendliness.

 
Spot Robot Goes Fighting as French Army Deploys It During Exercise
Spot Robot Goes Fighting as French Army Deploys It During Exercise

8 Apr 2021, 12:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A Spot robot has been tested in battle scenarios by the French Army, alongside several other nightmarish pieces of hardware

 
Taking the Robot Dog Out for a Walk on a Leash Is a Sign That Humanity Is Ready
Taking the Robot Dog Out for a Walk on a Leash Is a Sign That Humanity Is Ready

12 Mar 2021, 09:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boston Dynamics’ Spot has been renamed Scrappy and is now “out exploring the world” for views and fame; it’s already a viral star

 
Paintball-Gun Shooting Spot Is No Way to Put the Robot Dog to Use
Paintball-Gun Shooting Spot Is No Way to Put the Robot Dog to Use

25 Feb 2021, 12:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boston Dynamics disavows recent MSCHF art installation, says provocative art misrepresents Spot and its benefits, and can only do harm in the future

 
NYPD’s Digidog Comes Out for Some Good Ol’-Fashioned Police Work
NYPD’s Digidog Comes Out for Some Good Ol’-Fashioned Police Work

24 Feb 2021, 12:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Spot has been painted blue and is now dedicated to a life of crime-fighting: Digidog continues trial for the NYPD, still gets weird reactions

 
Robot Dog Spot Now Has an Arm for Mobile Manipulation, Can Even Pick Up Socks
Robot Dog Spot Now Has an Arm for Mobile Manipulation, Can Even Pick Up Socks

6 Feb 2021, 08:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boston Dynamics finally details what was thought to be a long neck with a head in last year’s viral video: it’s an arm for mobile manipulation

 
That 3-Minute Robot Dance Was a 1.5-Year Project for Boston Dynamics
That 3-Minute Robot Dance Was a 1.5-Year Project for Boston Dynamics

22 Jan 2021, 06:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert sheds some light into the kind of effort that went into making the company’s three robots dance like humans

 
Spot Is World’s Largest, Most Expensive Thermometer Working for the Police
Spot Is World’s Largest, Most Expensive Thermometer Working for the Police

11 Jan 2021, 11:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Honolulu PD spent $150,000 of federal relief funds on a robot dog from Boston Dynamics and the people of Honolulu aren’t happy about it