NEW YORK: Boston Dynamics released a video about a robot dog called Spot. The company has not been vocal about what it’s been up to after being acquired by Google in 2013, but the video offers a glimpse at what they have been working on most recently.
Spot is a 160-pound, four-legged robot meant for both indoor and outdoor use. Electrically powered and fitted with hydraulics, the robot dog has a sensor head that helps it navigate around even rough terrain. It’s smaller than the 260-pound beast that is the BigDog but is obviously big brother to the handier, puppy-sized LittleDog.
In the video, Spot walks into a hallway much like how any dog would. As it passes by cubicles in the Boston Dynamics office, it receives a surprise from one of the employees: getting kicked but not going down. There is sufficient force in the kick to topple a table, but Spot shows it can take a hit, quickly regaining its composure to continue walking.
