Google-owned Boston Dynamics reveals ‘adorable’ puppy robot

Posted on 29 Jun 2016 by Doug Neale

Google-owned Boston Dynamics last week announced a smaller pet-like robot with a more domestic feel to its more militant siblings.

The new Boston Dynamics robot, SpotMini, was announced by a video released earlier this month. The video showed the quadruped helping with household chores such as doing the dishes, and throwing rubbish in the bin. Based on the larger Spot, SpotMini is much smaller and weighs just under 25kg. On full charge, it is able to undertake…

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