Benefits of an extra limb: So that things don’t get out of hand SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 03, 2021, 08:20 AM IST Share Reuters The pressures of modern life should make the idea of extra limbs very attractive to people of all cultures — and not merely appended to robotic canines either. Related A leading robotics company in the US has put out a teaser showing its dog-bot Spot with a prototype fifth limb besides its four legs and cameras that now enables it to, say, skip rope and stir a pot at the same time. Why a robot should want or be equipped — much less be told — to skip is debatable, but the idea of a multitasking entity is attractive in today’s time-strapped world.