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 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...