Boston Dynamics spinoff looks to build robots for entertainment
Dynamic Creatures, a Boston Dynamics spinoff, has launched to build robots for theme parks and retail, writing software and buying hardware from Unitree, AgiBot and Boston Dynamics. Europe’s Machinery Regulation covers AI safety functions from January 2027, and the French company that created this category was sold to a Shenzhen buyer last year.
Dynamic Creatures, a Boston Dynamics spinoff, has launched out of stealth to build robots for theme parks and retail, Semafor reported. It writes the software and buys hardware from Unitree, AgiBot and Boston Dynamics.
Chief executive Marc Theermann said safety has to be rethought “from the ground up“, because he wants robots people will be comfortable hugging.
Boston Dynamics is not doing this itself. Character development “just isn’t our core space or area of expertise“, said Nikolas Noel, its vice-president of marketing and communications.
The engineering problems are unglamorous. Whether a costume...
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