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Introducing Spot

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Boston Dynamics has done it again- they’ve unveiled a robot that approaches the uncanny valley to give us the heebie jeebies. This robot is called Spot, because he’s kind of like a dog. In fact, he’s the little brother of their BigDog robot. The difference is that Spot runs on electric power instead of gasoline, so he can be used indoors as well as outside. And he, I mean it, weighs only about 160 pounds. Spot joins BigDog, AlphaDog, Atlas, Petman, RHex, Wildcat, Sand Flea, and Cheetah (all from Boston Dynamics) among our new robot overlords. -via Geeks Are Sexy

See also: More terrifying robots from Boston Dynamics.


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Is it kind of sad that I felt bad for it when the guy kicked it? (Even though I know they were just demonstrating its ability to compensate for collision...)

Poor Spot.
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The bacon suit isn't actually for sale; it's part of an Archie McPhee April Fool's Day tradition, where they put up a fake site selling fake items(fake gag items - how ironic!), like a parachute for babies.
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This is a ripoff of an old "The State on MTV" episode from the early 1990's. Thomas Lennon (Reno 911) did a sketch were he loved bacon. He drank bacon, and even wore bacon.

Still...the bacon suit is neat.
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Archie McPhee has the best items I've ever seen just for fun. Their supplier (Accoutrements) makes awesome famous people actions figures too, if you're into that sort of thing.
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