Meet Sparkles | Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics has shared a video of its dog-like Spot robot dancing in a dog costume.
Recommended Videos The clip, which shows “ Sparkles ” pulling some moves opposite a Spot sans suit, was made to mark International Dance Day on April 29.
Spot’s moves are created using Boston Dynamics’ specially designed Choreographer software. The same software was used to help Spot dance like Korean pop giants BTS and The Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger — no mean feat in either case. Interestingly, if someone creating a dance routine for Spot asks it to do something that’s physically out of its range, or if there’s some kind of external challenge like a slippery floor, Spot will automatically come up with a movement that’s most similar to what was requested.
Outside of entertaining the masses, Spot has also been deployable as part of a workforce since 2020 when Boston Dynamics started offering the robot to customers for $74,500, plus extra if the customer wants to add one of a number of payloads geared toward particular tasks.
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