Boston Dynamics' robodog Spot did a little halftime dance for NCAA fans
It's possible that Spot, the robot dog developed and built by Boston Dynamics, peaked when it danced with BTS. This is still pretty entertaining, though.
Spot took to the University of Missouri's Faurot Field on Saturday as college football's Missouri Tigers faced off against the Tennessee Volunteers. The halftime appearance gave Spot to show off its dancing skills in public once again, this time with the Tigers' halftime cheerleading squad.
And you know what? Spot has got some moves.
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It looks like the school's College of Engineering team may have been responsible for Spot's sweet choreography. The Mizzou Engineering account on Twitter that shared the clip, as well as some looks at the lead-up to the big event.
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Sure, maybe one day we'll all be the subjects of robot overlords like Spot. But for now, this plucky, dog-like machine is armed with nothing more than graceful dance moves and exactly the kind of endearing qualities that will compel us humans to let our guard down.
UPDATE: Oct. 4, 2021, 11:28 a.m. EDT Tell me you don't know a thing about college football without telling me you don't know a thing about college football? An earlier version of this post identified the University of Missouri's football team as the Ole Miss Rebels, and their opponents on Saturday as the Alabama Crimson Tide. That was incorrect. Missouri's team is the Tigers, and on Saturday, Oct. 2 they took on the Tennessee Volunteers. As both the author and the editor on this story, the fault is entirely mine. I'd like to apologize for the error to the collective teams and student bodies at the Universities of Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, the last of which is the actual home of the Ole Miss Rebels. Rest easy in the knowledge that my embarrassment will forever be reflected in the factually incorrect URL for this story.
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