Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station has a new dog. “Spot” can sit, lie down and roll over. Unlike your average Rover, Spot is also trained to perform inspections of hard-to-access areas at the plant ...

A robot dog was used to flip a switch at a nuclear site - as it was too unsafe for workers. The machine - named Spot - was used to turn on a crane in order to pick up containers of waste at the ...

In a historic demonstration at the state Capitol, Assemblyman Clyde Vanel and Boston Dynamics are set to showcase Spot, the ...

It’s not every day that a robot dog walks into the State Capitol. But at the first Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) Day, the University of New Haven turned heads with SPOT, the agile, ...

The UK has deployed a robot dog at a nuclear site to reactivate a dormant crane used for handling radioactive waste. The four-legged robot, Boston Dynamics’ Spot, was sent into a potentially hazardous ...

Spot the robot dog flips the switch. (Nuclear Restoration Services via SWNS) By Elizabeth Hunter A robot dog was used to flip a switch at a nuclear site - as it was too unsafe for workers. The machine ...