Boston Dynamics Shows Off Robodog With Fur

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Boston Dynamics Shows Off Robodog With Fur

Bots With the Fur Robotics company Boston Dynamics has released a video of its Spot Mini robot dog dressed up in a bedazzled suit of fur, a "custom costume" meant to "explore the intersections of robotics, art, and entertainment." Put differently, the company's famed robot dog has been turned from a dystopian four-legged machine into a terrifying marionette called "Sparkles" — and we can't quite put our finger on why exactly it exists, beyond gi…