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boston dynamics

A robot dog.

Well, they finally strapped a sniper rifle to a robot dog

A robotics company has put a sniper rifle on a quadrupedal robot dog.

On Oct 14, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
robot dogs walk with students on campus

TikTok shows college students greeted by new classmates: Boston Dynamics robot police dogs

See Spot scare students.

On Aug 25, 2021 by Carly Novell

Tech
Police in New York with a 'Spot' robot

NYPD gets rid of police robot dog after public pressure

'I am glad the robot dog has been put down.'

On Apr 29, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

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A Spot robot being used by the NYPD

‘Throw these things off bridges’: Footage of robot police dog sparks unease

'Everyone who has played a sci-fi game set in a dystopian future knows how this ends.'

On Apr 13, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

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A Spot robot from Boston Dynamics

Pranksters show how horrifying Boston Dynamics’ police robot dog is by strapping a paintball gun to it

They're letting the internet control it. And Boston Dynamics is furious.

On Feb 22, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

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A robot walking behind two women wearing masks

Spot the robot dog is patrolling a park, reminding people to socially distance

'One of the creepiest and most dystopian things I've seen since the pandemic began.'

On May 9, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

Massachusetts police secretly used Boston Dynamics’ robot dog

'Spot' the robot dog was loaned to the department by robotics company Boston Dynamics.

On Nov 25, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

IRL Layer 8 Tech

Robot dogs unleashed into society and Simone Biles in robot form has the internet scared 

'Spot' the robot dog is being mass-produced, while the humanoid 'Atlas' is doing gymnastics.

On Sep 24, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Internet Culture Tech
robot-attack-viral-video-fake

No, that video of a Boston Dynamics robot attacking its creators is not real

Robots can't attack humans–yet.

On Jun 16, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

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Boston Dynamics' MiniSpot robot dances to 'Uptown Funk.'

Watch this Boston Dynamics robot dance its butt off to ‘Uptown Funk’

It twerks. It moonwalks. It's only a matter of time before world domination.

On Oct 16, 2018 by Kris Seavers

Tech
boston dynamics spotmini dog robot

You’ll be able to buy your own creepy robot dog next year

Large-scale availability is expected for mid-2019.

On May 14, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Atlas Robot runs

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot can run and jump now

You've got to watch Atlas' latest antics.

On May 11, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

Internet Culture Tech
Boston Dynamics Atlas robot

This robot’s offstage fall is every theater major’s worst nightmare

Judgement Day still seems firmly in the land of science fiction.

On Aug 7, 2017 by Christina Bonnington

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Boston Dynamics Handle

Boston Dynamics introduces ‘nightmare inducing’ robot on wheels

Our latest robot overlord is capable of zooming, lifting, and jumping on wheels.

On Feb 2, 2017 by Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture Parsec

This dog robot can do a lot of things, but it’s still not a real dog

First they came for the dogs and we said nothing because we are not dogs.

On Jun 23, 2016 by AJ Dellinger

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