Hyundai is acquiring Boston Dynamics, a pioneering robotics creator behind the notorious robotic canine ‘Spot’. Spot went viral for being eerily close to being in a position to imitate the movements of a real dog. People had been quick to notice the similarities between Spot and the fictional unstoppable killer robots which appear in an episode of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian Tv show Black Mirror. Black Mirror: Season 4, Metalhead https://t.co/nEcoBBo4iE Boston Dynamics is well-known for Spot but is also behind a vary of pioneering robots. Atlas, for instance, is a humanoid robot that already has extra agility than many people: Hyundai’s acquisition of Boston Dynamics shows the corporate sees the appreciable growth potential for robots in the years to come back and a rising need to diversify from its core automotive business. Venkata Naveen, Senior Disruptive Tech Analyst at GlobalData, says: “Hyundai’s transfer to acquire a major stake in Boston Dynamics polarises with many automakers ...