Google Added A Puppy To Its Creepy Robot Family

Boston Dynamics has given its humanoid robot a terrifying—but cute—new best friend.

Spot is the latest effort from Boston Dynamics, the Google-owned robotics company known for creating the freaky humanoid robot Atlas and the four-legged automaton originally known as Big Dog. Announced via YouTube video on Monday, Spot is less strong but more agile than its larger cousin. From the demo video, it's unclear whether the robo-puppy is capable of throwing cinder blocks at you as you cower in terror, but Spot is oddly unsettling nonetheless.

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