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Home / News / Science News / Boston Dynamics' robo-dog joined a police bomb squad
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    Boston Dynamics' robo-dog joined a police bomb squad

    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Dec 02, 2019, 06:23 pm
    Boston Dynamics' robo-dog joined a police bomb squad
  • Boston Dynamics' highly-capable (and scary) range of humanoids and robo-dogs have drawn a lot of attention lately.

    The machines have been seen performing a number of tricks, including things like backflips and quick jumps.

    But, along with featuring in viral videos, some bots made by the company have also done real fieldwork - by joining an actual police bomb squad.

    Here's all about it.

  • In this article
    Spot robo-dog joined Massachusetts State Police But, what did Spot do? Clip from when Spot was on the job Meanwhile, some people have raised question over Spot's use Boston Dynamics had announced plans to sell Spot in September
  • Development

    Spot robo-dog joined Massachusetts State Police

  • Boston Dynamics' Spot robo-dog, which has shown tricks like opening doors on command and carrying objects around, recently joined the Massachusetts State Police's bomb squad.

    The department had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the SoftBank-owned company to use the robot for around three months in potentially dangerous environments and situations such as an active bomb zone.

  • Work

    But, what did Spot do?

    But, what did Spot do?
  • Typically, police members use dogs to detect suspicious items, like bombs, or to track suspects.

    However, as Spot is a machine and doesn't have the ability to sniff stuff, the Massachusetts State Police employed it "for the purpose of evaluating the robot's capabilities in law enforcement applications, [a] particularly remote inspection of potentially dangerous environments which may contain suspects and ordinances."

  • Clip

    Clip from when Spot was on the job

    Clip from when Spot was on the job
  • According to the MoU, revealed from documentation released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Spot worked with the department between August and November.

    Some people even uploaded a clip from the time when Spot was on the 'job'. The video showed Spot opening a door of a house, presumed to be a risk zone, and inspecting it thoroughly.

  • Questions

    Meanwhile, some people have raised question over Spot's use

    Meanwhile, some people have raised question over Spot's use
  • While Spot was hired for the purpose of inspecting dangerous environments and helping with saving lives, ACLU members and civil rights advocates have raised questions over the oversight for such programs.

    ACLU Massachusetts' program director Kade Crockford told TechCrunch, "We urgently need more transparency from government agencies, who should be upfront with the public about their plans to test and deploy new technologies."

  • Information

    Boston Dynamics had announced plans to sell Spot in September

  • The news of Spot joining a bomb squad comes a mere few months after Boston Dynamics announced the plan to open the robot-dog for purchase. It appears that it is now being sold, although the price still remains unknown.

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