People take pictures and videos of the Boston Dynamics robot Spot during an event in Lisbon in 2019. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images Technology Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them October 6, 2022 The companies warned that "untrustworthy people" could use their robots to harm others or infringe on civil liberties, and they pledged to make sure their customers didn't weaponize the products.
YouTube 13.7: Cosmos And Culture Does This Robot Freak You Out? November 28, 2017 Something like Atlas, Spot and Handle will likely inhabit the world we're now building — and their weirdness will be just commonplace, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.