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the sale of the company to japan s softbank group for an undisclosed sum 12 on april 2 2019 boston dynamics acquired the silicon valley startup kinema systems 13 in november 2020 the firm signed an agreement with trimble inc to further develop the spot dog product 14 in december 2020 hyundai motor group acquired an 80 stake in the company from softbank for approximately 880 million 15 softbank group retains about 20 through an affiliate 16 in june 2021 it was announced that hyundai officially took a controlling stake in the company from softbank 17 in october 2022 the company signed a pledge saying it would not support any weaponization of its robotic creations boston dynamics offered other robotics companies to join the pledge with five other firms signing as well 18 in february 2026 robert playter stepped down as ceo announcing his retirement after being with the company since 1994 19 amanda mcmaster the cfo of boston dynamics was announced as interim ceo 19 products edit bigdog edit main article bigdog bigdog bigdog was a quadrupedal robot created in 2005 by boston dynamics in conjunction with foster miller the jet propulsion laboratory and the harvard university concord field station 20 it was funded by darpa in the hopes that it would be able to serve as a robotic pack mule to accompany soldiers in terrain too rough for vehicles but the project was shelved after bigdog was deemed too loud to be used in combat 21 22 instead of wheels bigdog used four legs for movement allowing it to move across surfaces that would defeat wheels called the world s most ambitious legged robot it was designed to carry 340 pounds 150 kg alongside a soldier at 4 miles per hour 6 4 km h 1 8 m s traversing rough terrain at inclines up to 35 degrees citation needed cheetah edit the cheetah is a four footed robot that gallops at 28 miles per hour 45 km h 13 m s which as of august 2012 is a land speed record for legged robots 23 a similar but independently developed robot also known as cheetah has been manufactured by mit s biomimetic robotics lab 24 which by 2014 could jump over obstacles while running 25 26 by 2018 the robot was able to climb stairs 27 littledog edit released around 2010 28 littledog is a small quadruped robot developed for darpa by boston dynamics for research unlike bigdog which is run by boston dynamics littledog is intended as a testbed for other institutions boston dynamics maintains the robots for darpa as a standard platform 29 littledog has four legs each powered by three electric motors the legs have a large range of motion the robot is strong enough for climbing and dynamic locomotion gaits the onboard pc level computer does sensing actuator control and communications littledog s sensors measure joint angles motor currents body orientation and foot ground contact control programs access the robot through the boston dynamics robot api onboard lithium polymer batteries allow for 30 minutes of continuous operation without recharging wireless communications and data logging support remote operation and data analysis littledog development is funded by the darpa information processing technology office 30 petman edit petman protection ensemble test mannequin is a bipedal device constructed for testing chemical protection suits it is the first anthropomorphic robot that moves dynamically like a person 31 ls3 edit main article legged squad support system ls3 2012 prototype legged squad support system ls3 also known as alphadog is a militarized version of bigdog it is ruggedized for military use capable of operating in hot cold wet and dirty environments 32 according to lt col joe hitt and the us marine corps s program manager the vision for ls3 is to combine the capabilities of a pack mule with the intelligence of a trained animal ls3 is capable of reacting to visual or oral commands and utilizes an on board gps system along with computer vision lidar and ir to guide itself through terrain due to its ability to track oral commands soldiers within the field found it difficult to hold a conversation with this bot in a vicinity because it would unknowingly follow commands not given to itself unlike its living counterparts ls3 can march for 20 miles 32 km before running out of fuel the robot is also more resistant to injury and disability and does not suffer from the shortcomings of bleeding and falling over the historical weaknessess of mules and other military animals 33 atlas edit main article atlas robot the agile anthropomorphic robot atlas is a 5 foot 152 4 cm bipedal humanoid robot based on boston dynamics earlier petman humanoid robot and designed for a variety of search and rescue tasks citation needed in february 2016 boston dynamics published a youtube video entitled atlas the next generation showing a new humanoid robot about 5 feet tall 152 4 cm in the video the robot is shown performing several tasks that would have been difficult or impossible for the previous generation of humanoid robots 34 a video posted to the boston dynamics channel of youtube dated october 11 2018 titled parkour atlas shows the robot easily running up 2 foot high steps onto a platform atlas is shown in a september 2019 youtube video doing more parkour 35 in april 2024 the company announced that they had retired the hydraulic based atlas in favor of a new all electric version of atlas 36 37 handle edit handle is a research robot with two flexible legs on wheels and two hands for manipulating or carrying objects it can stand 6 5 feet 2 m tall travel at 9 miles per hour 14 km h and jump 4 feet 1 2 m vertically it utilizes electric power to operate various electric and hydraulic actuators with a range of approximately 15 miles 25 km on one battery charge handle uses many of the same dynamics balance and mobile manipulation principles found in the other robots by boston dynamics however with only about 10 actuated joints it is significantly less complex 38 39 stretch edit on march 29 2021 boston dynamics announced via a video on their youtube channel the stretch robot that was designed for warehouse automation it has a square mobile base containing a set of wheels a perception mast with cameras and other sensors and a robotic arm with seven degrees of freedom and a suction pad array on the end that can grab and move boxes up to 23 kilograms 50 lbs in weight 40 pick edit pick is a robot just like stretch but fixed in a particular place it is designed to carry boxes it can identify a box in less than a second it automatically disposes of the sheet of cardboard in between stacks of boxes spot edit in a 2018 viral promotional video a rear part of spot s casing falls off as it compensates to overcome interference spot being tested alongside british royal air force service members on june 23 2016 boston dynamics revealed the four legged canine inspired spot weighing 25 kg 55 pounds which was lighter than their other products 41 spot was designed to travel over terrain or environments that were previously difficult for other robots 42 in november 2017 a promotional video of spot using its forward claw to open a door for another robot reached 1 on youtube with over 2 million views a later video released the same month showed spot persisting in attempting to open the door in the face of human interference viewers perceived the robot as creepy and reminiscent of all kinds of sci fi robots that wouldn t give up in their missions to seek and destroy 43 44 45 on 11 may 2018 boston dynamics ceo marc raibert announced at techcrunch robotics session 2018 that spot was in pre production and preparing for commercial availability in 2019 46 the company said it had plans with contract manufacturers to build the first 100 spots later that year 47 for commercial purposes with them starting to scale production with the goal of selling spot in 2019 however in september 2019 journalists were informed that the robots will not be sold but they will be leased to selected business partners 48 in november 2019 massachusetts state police became the first law enforcement agency to use spot as a robot cop as well as in the unit s bomb squad 49 since january 2020 spot s software development kit has been available via github it allows programmers to develop custom applications for spot to do various actions that could be used across different industries 50 on 16 june 2020 boston dynamics made spot available for the general public for us 74 500 equivalent to 92 682 in 2025 51 in june 2020 a lone spot named zeus was used by spacex at their boca chica starship test site to help contain sub cooled liquid nitrogen and to inspect potentially dangerous sites at and around the launchpad 52 in july 2020 a team of spot robots performed as cheerleaders in the stands at a baseball match between the fukuoka softbank hawks and the rakuten eagles backed by a team of softbank pepper robots 53 in november 2020 a spot robot performed inspection tasks on the skarv floating production storage and offloading vessel 54 in february 2021 arts collective mschf purchased a spot robot and placed it in an art gallery with a paintball gun attached to its back in a drop titled spot s rampage the robot could be controlled by visitors to the website to destroy the art around it the robot was shut down through an undisclosed backdoor by boston dynamics 55 in april 2021 michael reeves made a youtube video where he attached a pressurized beer canister and nozzle to a spot robot in order to detect red plastic cups and dispense beer into them 56 in march 2022 artist agnieszka pilat sold a painting created by spot for 40 000 at the home of brian boitano to benefit ukrainian refugees 57 the painting titled sunrise march was created by applying paint on spot s feet and having the robot rotate in circles in february 2024 drivers on the m5 motorway in england were warned they should not be alarmed if they saw a spot operating alongside the road the national highways administration had trialed one as an alternative to human inspectors 58 factory safety service robot edit the factory safety service robot was unveiled on september 17 2021 59 60 it was the first joint venture with hyundai motor group the robot is based on the existing boston dynamics robot spot its integrated thermal camera and 3d lidar system help detect nearby people monitor fire hazards and recognize open and closed doors 61 62 in popular culture edit metalhead a 2017 episode of black mirror features killer robot dogs resembling and inspired by boston dynamics robot dogs 63 64 in june 2019 a parody video went viral across social media in which a robot resembling atlas was abused before turning on its human attackers the video turned out to be the work of corridor digital who used the watermark bosstown dynamics instead of boston dynamics this video tricked many people causing them to believe it was real 65 66 in heroes of the storm 2015 a multiplayer video game by blizzard entertainment playable heroes are able to 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