#Dog

What next after Hyundai Buys Boston Dynamics for almost $1 Billion?

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As we hurtled towards the end of 2020 it would have been easy to miss the news that robotic trail-blazer Boston Dynamics was scooped up by automotive giant Hyundai for a cool $1.1 billion. Where does this leave the company? Evan Ackerman has pondered the future of Boston...

Boston Dynamics “Spot” heading to sea

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Boston Dynamics four-legged robot 'Spot' has scored a new job; patrolling an oil rig in the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea The robot is set to autonomously inspect an oil-rig owned by energy mega-firm Aker BP and capture data on gas leaks whilst keeping its eyes...

Motion Capture suit for dogs will make CGI realistic

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Engineers at the University of Bath’s Centre for Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research& Applications (aka CAMERA) are developing new techniques to make on-screen animated dogs played by humans more realistic. The new technique should allow the actors’ movements and expressions to be used to power animated characters. ...