Does putting Spot in a blue-coloured dog costume and calling it Sparkles make the robot less terrifying? No, definitely not. “Sparkles is a custom costume designed just for Spot to explore the ...

Dog-like robots the likes of the Boston Dynamics Spot have been around for so long now that they don't scare us as much as they used to. Yet, I can't help getting shivers down my spine every time ...

Spot, the robot-dog-type-thing made by Boston Dynamics, has been called “terrifying” in contexts ranging from opening a door to dancing to Bruno Mars.There’s a listicle on a tech site of the ...

Boston Dynamics, the Waltham robotics firm best known for its videos showing off the feats of its humanoid Atlas and doglike Spot robots, laid off 45 employees Tuesday, or 5 percent of its total ...