You know when your dog gets a little too excited during family gatherings and ends up doing something ridiculous? Well, Boston Dynamics has taken that concept and cranked it up to eleven with their robot dogs, Spot, performing a choreographed dance to Queen’s *Don’t Stop Me Now* on *America’s Got Talent*. Because nothing screams ‘we’re on the cutting edge of technology’ quite like coming up with a $74,500 robot that can groove.
Sure, one of the Spot puppies decided to have a dramatic moment and collapsed in the spotlight—talk about stage fright—but hey, at least it can keep a beat! But here’s the million-dollar (or rather, seventy-four thousand dollar) question: With robotics facing fierce competition and Boston Dynamics shedding talent like a dog shedding fur, can dance routines really sell a robot meant for laborious tasks and not Broadway?
In a world where dance moves can go viral faster than a cat video, perhaps they’re hoping the bot’s jitterbugging will distract us from its inability to, I don’t know, actually assemble a car or unload a truck? Tune in next time for *Spot Goes to the Grocery Store*, but don’t hold your breath—it might just collapse when it sees the produce aisle.
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