Boston Dynamics is the rock star of robotics. It recently featured in a beer commercial during the Super Bowl. How did a company that started as a military contractor become a novelty in beer commercials? Dwain Allan and Christoph Bartneck discuss the past, present and future of the company with Robert Cheek and Stephen Hickson.

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• CNBC documentary about Boston Dynamics
• The petman and atlas robots at Boston dynamics by Gabe Nelson, Aaron Saunders, and Robert Playter
• XPeng’s rideable robotic unicorn
• Kawasaki’s rideable robotic goat
• Tesla’s presentation of the Optimus humanoid robot