We tell our students that in the future, many more of us will be working
side-by-side with robots.  Boston Dynamics just released new videos
that help us imagine what that future will look like.

Two new Spot videos:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQXHEgjA
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmNaLtC6vkU

Boston Dynamics is leasing Spot robots to potential industry partners
and will eventually make them available for research and development.
More info here:
  https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot

Spot is kind of cute.  Atlas, not so much.  If you want some fuel for
your robot-themed nightmares, here is new video of Atlas doing parkour:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E

For a nice 2018 review of multiple state of the art robot systems, including
several from Boston Dymamics, see this video from Cold Fusion:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vIT2da6N_o

-- Dave