Boston Dynamics Spot's Interaction With the Public:
A new HRI paper from the RAI Institute explores hands-on public perception of robots
rai-inst.com/resources/blog/studying-human-attitudes-towards-robots-through-experience/
Story Details
| Last Updated | |
| Total Articles | 1 |
Main Topics
mechanical or virtual artificial agent carrying out physical activities, which can be guided by an external control device or the control may be embedded within
aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs held by the adult population
Similar to This
Previous
China ‘robot trainers’ fold clothes, wash dishes 200 times a day for up to US$900 a month
thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/10/15/china-robot-trainers-fold-clothes-wash-dishes-200-times-a-day-for-up-to-us900-a-month
Robots could be put to work on our farms as centre gets £6.3 million to invest in technology
lincsonline.co.uk/lincoln/robots-could-be-put-to-work-on-our-farms-as-centre-gets-6-3-9486281/
Agile Robots is training its factory robots by filming humans at work: The Munich startup's Robot Academy captures how workers move their hands and fingers to ...
qz.com/agile-robots-robot-academy-human-training-data-100826
robotshop.com Sep 23
Boston Dynamics Opens Robotics Metaplant Application Center to Train Humanoid Robots for Manufacturing Tasks
bostondynamics.com/news/boston-dynamics-opens-robotics-metaplant-application-center-to-train-humanoid-robots-for-manufacturing-tasks/
wbur.org Sep 03
ICE plans to buy robot dogs made in Mass. | WBUR News: The Trump administration plans to purchase robot dogs made by a Massachusetts company for its immigration ...
wbur.org/news/2026/08/31/ice-robot-dogs-immigration-enforcement-boston-dynamics
ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations: The dog-like robots are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect chemicals ...
nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-buy-robot-dogs-immigration-enforcement-rcna594897
404 Media Aug 28
ICE Plans to Spend Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots: ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
404media.co/ice-plans-to-spends-millions-on-boston-dynamics-dog-robots/
Meet the Floating Robot Companion Designed for Safe, Friendly Human Interaction: Robotics researchers are trying to prove that lighter-than-air robots could ...
cnet.com/tech/floating-robots-safe-friendly-human-interaction/
‘Ask people if they want to be cared for by a robot, and most say no': People are warming up to robots at work - but they don't want them in ...
techradar.com/pro/ask-people-if-they-want-to-be-cared-for-by-a-robot-and-most-say-no-people-are-warming-up-to-robots-at-work-but-they-dont-want-them-in-hospitals-or-schools
Tech Times May 22
Hyundai Commits 25,000 Atlas Robots to Own Factories: Union Blocks Deployment Without Labor Deal
techtimes.com/articles/317005/20260522/hyundai-commits-25000-atlas-robots-own-factories-union-blocks-deployment-without-labor-deal.htm
Exclusive: Worker backlash over ‘flash bang’ grenades sank Boston Dynamics robot deal
semafor.com/article/05/19/2026/worker-backlash-over-flash-bang-grenades-sank-boston-dynamics-robot-deal
A New Framework Guiding Dull Dirty Dangerous Robots: Research from The RAI Institute redefines undesirable work for robotics
spectrum.ieee.org/dull-dirty-dangerous-robots
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Unveil a Smarter Spot: The addition of Gemini Robotics brings embodied AI reasoning to inspection robots
spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-spot-google-deepmind
Boston Dynamics Spot's Interaction With the Public: A thousand people got to drive Spot. Lessons were learned
spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-spot-interaction
Boston Dynamics’ robot dog now reads gauges and thermometers with Google's AI: Google's AI enables robots to read gauges while inspecting industrial facilities.
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/robot-dogs-now-read-gauges-and-thermometers-using-google-gemini/
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Unveil a Smarter Spot: The addition of Gemini Robotics brings embodied AI reasoning to inspection robots
spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-spot-google-deepmind
New Atlas Mar 29
Robotic legs skate, climb stairs, and balance on one wheel in demo video: Watch the amazing Roadrunner robot from RAI perform incredible feats with its robotic ...
newatlas.com/robotics/rai-robotic-legs-roadrunner/
RAI’s amazing Roadrunner robot leaves humanoids behind: When the Robotics and AI (RAI) Institute talks technology, it’s wise to take notice. The company was ...
digitaltrends.com/computing/roadrunner-robot/
Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?: Researchers are using generative AI and other techniques to teach robots new skills—including tasks they could ...
technologyreview.com/2024/04/11/1090718/household-robots-ai-data-robotics/
Next