It's part of a special project that's using new tech to help manage and protect forests, and is being tested in woodlands ...

Spot the robot dog flips the switch. (Nuclear Restoration Services via SWNS) By Elizabeth Hunter A robot dog was used to flip a switch at a nuclear site - as it was too unsafe for workers. The machine ...

Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station has a new dog. “Spot” can sit, lie down and roll over. Unlike your average Rover, Spot is also trained to perform inspections of hard-to-access areas at the plant ...

Boston Dynamics' Spot robot dog is increasingly used by police forces in North America for high-risk operations. Its deployment raises ethical questions and concerns about police militarisation and ...

The robot's agility makes it valuable in standoffs and hazardous incidents, but civil liberties groups warn that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police across the Portland metro area have a new tool to help on some of their most dangerous calls. It's a robotic dog named "Spot." The four-legged quadruped is made by Boston ...

A robot dog is being deployed to deter spray-painting on trains in Munich's rail system. Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the Munich S-Bahn are introducing Spot, a robot dog from Boston Dynamics, to help combat ...

It’s not every day that a robot dog walks into the State Capitol. But at the first Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) Day, the University of New Haven turned heads with SPOT, the agile, ...

Robot technology lent a helping hand in the construction of The Brook, a 52-story, 600-foot mixed-use residential skyscraper rising at the corner of Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue in the heart of ...

Named "Spot," the quadruped robot from developers Boston Dynamics has been on the cutting edge of canine-like robots for several years now. Its newest trick is a triple backflip. While there isn't a ...