Anyone wishing to lease the quadruped dog-like robot could do so for "less than the price of a car," Boston Dynamics told IEEE Spectrum. It suggested Spot could be useful in construction ...

Spot, Boston Dynamics' famous four-legged robot ... Spot just became available for commercial sale earlier this month. For $74,500, Spot is ready for use by "developers eager to explore how ...

Usually the projects involve robot arms mounted on some sort of wheeled platform, but this time it’s the tune of some pretty famous yellow robot legs, in the shape of spot from Boston Dynamics.

Boston Dynamics is making the Spot robot dog increasingly fit for industrial tasks. It now supports more sensors and can react better to obstacles. The Spot robot dog has been in commercial use ...

Boston Dynamics has upgraded its robot dog Spot by enhancing its ability to detect and avoid obstacles while on a mission. The robot can now be restricted from ascending or descending stairs by ...

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The Boston Dynamics robot Spot can now be fully remote-controlled from anywhere in the world, using a web browser-based platform called Scout. Previously, Spot was controlled via a bespoke tablet ...

In a deal revealed Monday, door hardware giant Assa Abloy announced that Boston Dynamics’ Spot will be able to autonomously unlock its automated doors. “Until now,” the lock maker notes, ...

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot has been equipped with digital access credentials that use Bluetooth to communicate with Assa Abloy’s HID-branded Signo readers, making it easy for the bots to pass ...

Spot now supports longer missions thanks to the newly-gained ability to charge from the nearest dock in a string of them. The changes made by Boston Dynamics also translate into the robot now ...

In a deal revealed Monday, door hardware giant Assa Abloy announced that Boston Dynamics’ Spot will be able to autonomously unlock its automated doors. “Until now,” the lock maker notes, “the word ...

Boston Dynamics, the robotics firm behind Spot the robot dog, just unveiled a new robot. Stretch is designed to work in warehouses moving boxes, with a long robotic arm for moving objects.