Boston Dynamics Explains the Sensation Behind Their Viral Robot Videos

Spot has come a long way.

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Boston Dynamics has gained internet fame with its uploaded videos, depicting the movement and physical feats of its range of developing robots. Recently at the WIRED25 festival in San Fransico Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot demonstrated the Running Man dance to perfection on stage in front of a live audience.

Boston Dynamics’ Spot has come a long way since its inception 25 years ago, growing to a sophistication that took years of trial and error. In the visuals above, we see Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert share the backstory behind his company’s widespread videos, and ow SpotMini came to be.

In other tech-related news, watch Macaulay Culkin relive his Home Alone experience in a new Google Assistant ad.

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