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Short Science: Meet Spot

February 10, 2015 by Bitter Staff Leave a Comment

This is Spot. Spot is the latest of Boston Dynamics’ creepily awesome robots. Unlike their earlier behemoths, including Big Dog: and Petman: Spot is not gigantic, weighing in at a svelte 160 pounds. Spot is also designed for indoor work. We do not quite know why. Most of Boston Dynamics’ robots have had, shall we say,…

Filed Under: SciTech Tagged With: Big Dog, Boston Dynamics, Petman, RHex, robots, Spot, Terminator

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