Dog-like robots now on sale in the US for US$75,000, with conditions


A file photo of a Boston Dynamics SpotMini robot walking through a conference room during a robotics summit in Boston. Boston Dynamics on June 16, 2020 started selling its four-legged Spot robots online for just under US$75,000 each. The agile robots can walk, climb stairs and open doors. But people who buy them online must agree not to arm them or intentionally use them as weapons, among other conditions. — AP

You can now buy one of those unnerving animal-like robots you might have seen on YouTube – so long as you don’t plan to use it to harm or intimidate anyone.

Boston Dynamics on June 16 started selling its four-legged Spot robots online for just under US$75,000 (RM320,812) each.

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