Spot

The Choreographer system enables real-time analysis of Sparkles' physical movements, allowing the robot to adapt to environmental constraints such as slippery floors or nearby people, ensuring it does not lose its balance.

Spot's newfound linguistic talents include answering questions and opening its "mouth" for a more natural conversation. It has also adopted multiple personas, such as a Shakespearean time traveler, a teenager, and a fashionable butler.

Boston Dynamics, the robot manufacturer that became famous for Spot robot, now sells 80% of its shares to Hyundai Motors. It will allow Hyundai to expand production automation in its auto factories.

Boston Dynamics and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have announced that they have jointly created a modification of Dr. Spot, which can measure vital signs without a doctor's contact with a potential patient.

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Boston Dynamics started the commercial sales of Spot – robot dogs, which were used to help maintain social distance, clean public places and hospitals, as well as for decommission of nuclear sites, factory floors, construction sites, and even for herding sheep and farming.

Boston Dynamics' robotic dog Spot continues to develop, helping to maintain distance during quarantine, deliver drugs, and even herd sheep.