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Executives from Boston Dynamics, Agility, Neura and Apptronik discuss the state of the industry at the annual Association for Advancing Automation (A3) show.

In a video, the 4-foot, 80-pound robot is shown twirling a baton, flipping toast in a frying pan, and cracking walnuts with its hands.

Robot dogs get a bad rap, but a group of undergrads are using their Boston Dynamics robot and a TikTok account to promote peaceful use cases and gauge public opinion on the emerging tech.

Boston Dynamics, a company that originated from an MIT project in 1992, has been advancing rapidly with its diverse range of robots, showcasing their capabilities through viral videos.

Microfluidic device generates passive hydraulic power, may be used to make small robots move.

Neuralink is challenging members of the public to test their skill at the reaction game used to test its N1 brain chip, and see how their score stacks up against that of the first human recipient of the brain-computer interface (BCI), Noland Arbaugh, who plays by directing the movements of a computer cursor with his mind.

While Spot is easily identifiable and well-known, Sparkles piqued viewers' interest.

For International Dance Day, the team at Boston Dynamics has donned Sparkles, another robotic dog, in a shimmering blue muppet-esque costume

This dog knows how to "shake." A video of Boston Dynamics' iconic robo-dog Spot dancing in a blue dog costume freaked out social media users with many labelling the canine cosplay "fuel for nightmares."

"You do not want a system prone to bias going around with the capacity to kill people," says Nir Eisikovits of UMass Boston's Center for Applied Ethics.