Boston Dynamics is testing Spot as a package delivery robot that walks from van to doorstep

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Boston Dynamics is testing Spot with a conveyor belt payload to deliver packages from vans to doorsteps, targeting the last 50 feet of delivery.

Boston Dynamics is testing Spot, its four-legged robot, as a delivery worker that rides along in trucks and hops out to carry packages to customers’ doorsteps. The company posted a video on Tuesday showing a human driver loading packages onto a conveyor belt mounted on Spot’s back, followed by the robot walking up to houses and rotating the belt to set them down. It is the latest attempt to automate what Boston Dynamics calls the “porch gap,” the last 50 feet between a delivery van and a front door.

“So much of logistics is already automated, but we believe that the final frontier of logistics automation is that last 50 feet,” Marco da Silva, vice president and general manager for Spot...

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