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Spot, the robot dog designed by Boston Dynamics, shows off its new ability to talk in an English accent as this video demonstrates how the four-legged bot might work as a tour guide.

Spot is getting upgrades as part of its bigger mission. Heres what it can do now.

Boston Dynamics engineer Zack Jackowski says Spot can collect data in plants, utilities [and] installations, and develop ways to boost safety and efficiency that have have never been considered before.

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Soon Boston Dynamics’ Spot will be remotely opening doors anywhere There’s something difficult to reconcile watching Spot walk up a flight of stairs in some industrial setting. After years of watching viral videos of Boston Dynamics robots perform aesthetically impressive feats, there’s a banality in the quadruped performing those dull, dirty and dangerous tasks that roboticist love to talk about. But six and half months after the company opened Spot up for sale (and more than 400 sold, p...