[imagesource: Twitter / Mizzou Engineering]
Boston Dynamics’ robodog Spot is dancing again.
A bunch of them did a very nightmarish but impressive dance along with the K-Pop heroes BTS a while back.
This might have been when they peaked in their dance career, but their latest moves are also pretty neat and have put us mere mortals to shame.
The robot pooch entertained the crowd on Saturday at the University of Missouri’s Faurot Field.
College football team Ole Miss Rebels was going up against the Alabama Crimson Tide, but it was really Spot that took the spotlight that evening.
The robot came on during half-time and danced along with the Rebels’ cheerleading squad.
Check out its ‘running man’ moves, which were seamless:
Way to go, Spot!
The robot from @BostonDynamics joined @MarchingMizzou and @MizGoldenGirls in a halftime performance this afternoon at Faurot Field. pic.twitter.com/ZMKl8Jh4nT
— Mizzou Engineering (@mizzouengineer) October 2, 2021
It is possible that the school’s College of Engineering team may have been responsible for Spot’s choreography, based on the Mizzou Engineering account sharing the videos of the robot getting ready and doing its thing:
Ready for the “Spot”light pic.twitter.com/ZftYP2HP0K
— Mizzou Engineering (@mizzouengineer) October 2, 2021
Mashable writes that for now, the dog-like machine is armed with “nothing more than graceful dance moves and exactly the kind of endearing qualities that will compel us, humans, to let our guard down”.
But I have seen Spot with a paintball gun, so its time as our robot overlord might be approaching faster than we think.
[source:mashable]
