Boston Dynamics tests Spot as a delivery assistant that carries packages

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WTF?! Boston Dynamics' Spot the dog has been around for years, during which time it's had about as many jobs as Homer Simpson. Now, the company is testing a way for the robotic quadruped to help delivery drivers move packages from a vehicle to the door.

Boston Dynamics has posted a video of Spot on a route with a delivery driver. After it hops out of the back of a van, the driver loads parcels onto a conveyor belt attached to the robot's back.

Following a remarkably smooth walk to a front door and up some steps, Spot leans forward and a package is moved down the conveyor onto the ground. It then walks to the next house to drop off another delivery.

Boston Dynamics' Spot product manager Paige Miller saysthat not...

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