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Meet Sparkles, otherwise known as Boston Dynamics' Spot in a big blue fluffy dog suit

I can't decide if it's better or worse. Worse, I think.

PC Gamer

Ruh-roh, Boston Dynamics Spot put a dog costume on Spot and it's downright adorable

Boston Dynamic Spot robot plays dress up with a new costume that's a bit too real

TechRadar

ICYMI: the 8 biggest tech news stories from Boston Dynamic's new robot to Sony's OLED-beating Micro-LED TV tech

Here's your tech news round up for April 20, 2024, with the 8 biggest stories from Boston Dynamics, Humane AI, and Sony.

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Robot company backs anti-robot weapons bill… then makes most Terminator-like robot ever

We joke about Terminators and Skynet, but Boston Dynamics' new robot REALLY looks like the one that's going to turn on us

Digital Camera World

Watch Boston Dynamics' newest Atlas robot wake up in the creepiest way possible

Boston Dynamics replaces its flagship humanoid robot after 10 years with a completely new machine that looks like the Pixar lamp with a mechanical humanoid body.

LiveScience

Worldwide arrests made as major scamming site taken offline - Tech & Science Daily podcast

All the stories from Thursday’s episode of the Tech & Science Daily podcast.

Evening Standard

Boston Dynamics' Atlas bot is dead and its replacement is horrifying yet fascinating in equal measure

Well, call me both scared and curious. More of the former, as it happens.

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Boston Dynamics reveals its most astonishing humanoid robot so far – and I can’t stop watching it

Boston Dynamic retired the hydraulic Atlas in favor of a new, more human-looking, all-electric model

TechRadar

Watch a 'robot dog' scramble through a basic parkour course with the help of AI

Scientists used AI neural networks to teach a robot dog new tricks, enabling it to climb wooden crates and hop between them.

LiveScience

Anymal Robot From Switzerland Challenges Boston Dynamics' Spot In Agility

ANYmal, a versatile robot by ETH Zurich, competes with Boston Dynamics' Spot using AI and parkour skills for various applications.

Top News

Chinese scientists build world's fastest humanoid robot — but it's not going to win any sprints just yet

By harnessing a huge amount of torque in its legs, the H1 robot can potentially reach 11 miles per hour at top speed.

LiveScience

World's largest laptop vendor quietly releases robot with six legs — Lenovo Daystar Bot GS is IP-rated and reminds us of Boston Dynamics' andro-dogs

Lenovo's Daystar Bot GS is a six legged industrial robot with an IP66 dust and water protection rating.

TechRadar

'We face high risk and extremely low chances of success' notes humanoid robot company Figure AI that just got millions from Bezos, OpenAI, and Nvidia

Figure AI wants to build a multi-purpose, humanoid home robot but faces huge hurdles and an incredibly crowded field

TechRadar

Forget making coffee — Boston Dynamics puts Atlas to work lifting heavy automotive struts in latest flex

Boston Dynamics has released footage showing how its flagship Atlas humanoid robot would cope in a factory environment as it lifts heavy struts and puts them into a flow cart.

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Elon Musk just teased Telsa’s new Optimus Gen-2 robot with a video featuring a funky treat at the end

Tesla's Optimus Gen-2 has come a long way since the firm's first Bumble-C machine in 2022 and can manipulate delicate objects with its fingers.

The Guardian - AU

Robot dogs have unnerved and angered the public. So why is this artist teaching them to paint?

Agnieszka Pilat calls herself a ‘propaganda artist’ for technology. But when the machines are sold to governments, police and military, what’s the line between art and an ad?

TechRadar

Inside Hyundai’s new sci-fi smart factory – where you can order a car with your smartphone and drive it away in hours

The Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore opens this month, offering a highly automated approach to vehicle production

The Conversation

AI is already being melded with robotics – one outcome could be powerful new weapons

Interest in the incorporation of robots into security, policing and military operations has been steadily increasing over the last few years. It’s an avenue already being explored in both North America and Europe.

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The Independent UK

Humanoid robots are here, but they're a little awkward. Do we really need them?

Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction

Creative Bloq

I hate how much I love this talking AI robot dog

Dystopian reality has never been so silly.

Inverse

Boston Dynamics' Creepy Robot Dog Can Now Talk Thanks to ChatGPT

Boston Dynamics has made the bold move of adding ChatGPT into its Spot robot dog, turning it into a fully interactive tour guide.

Evening Standard

Boston Dynamics reveals talking robot dog that can see, hear and respond to people

The droid can even speak using a posh British accent thanks to an AI-fuelled makeover

Salon

Robot police dogs are on patrol

Numerous cities have acquired dog-like robots for policing. Researchers say the lack of transparency is worrying

Los Angeles Times

LA City Council votes to accept donation of controversial LAPD robot dog

LOS ANGELES — Amid lingering concerns about surveillance and safety, the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to accept the donation of a nearly $280,000 dog-like robot for the Police Department's use.

France 24

Are fighting robots being manufactured in the United States? Nope, it’s special effects

Are there really robots ready to take over the world? The robot who appears in a viral video looks ready to do just that when he does a showy backflip and throws a few punches. A number of posts online claimed that the robot was made by Boston Dynamics, an…

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