As it gets ready to launch its first commercial robot, Boston Dynamics is still struggling to articulate what the big application for its robots is
New York Times : Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @brishenrogers , @caseynewton , and @dkthomp Tweets: @nytimesbusiness : The robot was called SpotMini. It was designed by Boston Dynamics, a company widely known for building machines that move like animals and humans. The company plans to start selling the SpotMini, its first commercial robot. Our @CadeMetz has the latest: http://www.nytimes.com/... Brishen Rogers / @brishenrogers : Big NYT story here: Boston Dynamics' robots are *nowhere close* to being autonomous, despite what the company's YouTube videos implied. And it isn't clear there's a market for them. Now, can we pls stop talking about technological unemployment? http://www.nytimes.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : If I've learned one thing from dystopian fiction it's that there's always an eccentric billionaire willing to purchase robot murder dogs to patrol the grounds of his estate http://twitter.com/... Derek Thompson / @dkthomp : Boston Dynamics is more of a viral video studio than a tech company. http://www.nytimes.com/...