Meet Spot the dog, Boston Dynamics' cutest robot yet

Size of a family pet, new bot is seen climbing steps, running and scrambling up and down a steep slopeBoston Dynamics, the robotics company owned by Google, has revealed footage of its latest robot: a miniaturised version of its BigDog quadrupedal bot.
Whereas BigDog is a hefty machine built with the eventual goal of operating as a mechanised pack animal for military forces, the new bot, called Spot, is a decidedly more compact affair. Continue reading...