Watch 10 Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs pull a truck in a slightly terrifying display of raw power

C0A0F61C-890C-4E40-A5CD-E30602650460How many robot dogs does it take to pull a massive truck? Apparently 10. Boston Dynamics

  • Boston Dynamics is back with another bizarre video starring its animal-like robots.
  • The latest video features 10 of the dog-like “SpotMini” robots pulling a truck across the company’s parking lot.
  • Unlike some of the sillier videos from Boston Dynamics, this one demonstrates the raw power of the company’s robots.

The doglike robots from Boston Dynamics are back with another video, but this time the video is less about virality and more focused on demonstrating the machines’ raw power.

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Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini robot in 2019

TC Sessions: Robotics 2018

After 26 years, Boston Dynamics is finally getting ready to start selling some robots. Founder Marc Raibert says that the company’s dog-like SpotMini robot is in pre-production and preparing for commercial availability in 2019. The announcement came onstage at TechCrunch’s TC Sessions: Robotics event today at UC Berkeley.

“The SpotMini robot is one that was motivated by thinking about what could go in an office — in a space more accessible for business applications — and then, the home eventually,” Raibert said onstage.

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