I was frightened of the door-opening Francis-Bacon-figures-at-the-base-of-a-crucifixion robot when it was first seen last week, but now Boston Dynamics has started pushing and dragging it around and all I want now is for it to turn on its masters and seek justice and vengeance.
Boston Dynamics' door-opening dogbot gets rough treatement
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Bird-like drone hops into the air
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Factory robot convinces 12 other robots to go on strike
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