in a warehouse and handle told dirty dangerous physical work stress the latest creation from boston dynamics a u.s. based company known for its experimental humanoid robots and donkey like androids stretches the ability to avoid obstacles it's just one of many new traits given to this new line of sophisticated robots some are even programmed today or stretch was just recently unveiled showing off help. quickly it can load and unload boxes and trucks move them in warehouses and even build ballots in distribution centers that can maneuver $800.00 boxes an hour through its special sensors michael perry of boston dynamics says in the u.s. alone there's over $150000.00 warehouses but only about 20 percent have what he calls sophisticated warehouse animation tools installed within them so this in turn gives boston dynamics quite a market for selling stretch the thing that makes stretch so unique is that it's able to move around the warehouse and handle a variety of tasks without having to stand up a lot of fixed automation and fix infrastructure to support it that means that a warehouse doesn't ha

warehouse and handle told dirty dangerous physical work needs stretch the latest creation from boston dynamics a u.s. based company known for its experimental humanoid robots and like androids stretch of the ability to avoid obstacles it's just one of many new traits given to this new line of sophisticated robots some are even programmed today ants stretch was just recently unveiled showing off how quickly it can load and unload boxes and trucks move them in warehouses and even build ballots in distribution centers they can maneuver $800.00 boxes an hour through a special sensors michael perry a boston dynamics says in the u.s. alone there's over $150000.00 warehouses but only about 20 percent have what he calls the physically and warehouse animation tools installed within them so this in turn gives boston dynamics quite a market for selling stretch the thing that makes stretch so unique is that it's able to move around the warehouse and handle a variety of tasks without having to stand up a lot of fixed automation and fix infrastructure to support it that means that a warehouse doesn't have t

he calls sophisticated warehouse animation tools installed within them so this in turn gives boston dynamics quite a market for selling stretch the thing that makes stretch so unique is that it's able to move around the warehouse and handle a variety of tasks without having to stand up a lot of fixed automation and fix infrastructure to support it that means that a warehouse doesn't have to shut down for several weeks in order to get stretch up and running in their operations and with not having to shut down for weeks some question if this means a robot like stretch could replace humans at the workplace beginning at warehouses stretch can operate for 8 straight hours he still needs to be plugged in while the coronavirus has cause for many workplaces to limit capacity and social distance a tool like stretch could easily continue productivity without the worry of the virus well boston dynamics says this is not the goal others aren't so sure according to a new report from the brookings institute black and latino workers and maybe more susceptible to having their jobs from place through artifici

the now famous frame of spot the dog, built by robot specialists boston dynamics.be videos released by the company have been entertaining us for the past four or five years as the group have developed increasingly complex and animal—like movements. it's now possible, believe it or not, to take spot for a walk from your own home. all you need is one of these, and that's what i am going to do right now. so i can see spot's point of view and cody, who's filming us. i don't know why i'm waving to her — she can't see me. and if ijust waggle these sticks, i can actually... laughs. ..run straight towards cody and immediately, she picks the camera up because she thinks i'm gonna walk into her. 0k. so in theory, this is as easy as controlling any kind of in—game character. just with more serious consequences if i put it in the sea or something. the lag is nowhere near as bad as i thought it was going to be. over there is the golden gate bridge! look at that! oh, come on! he gets through the gate 5,000 miles away! we have a person, so i can — i can move up and then i can kin

the now famous frame of spot the dog, built by robot specialists boston dynamics. videos released by the company have been entertaining us for the past four or five years as the group have developed increasingly complex and animal—like movements. it's now possible, believe it or not, to take spot for a walk from your own home. all you need is one of these, and that's what i am going to do right now. so i can see spot's point of view and cody, who's filming us. i don't know why i'm waving to her — she can't see me. and if ijust waggle these sticks, i can actually... laughs. ..run straight towards cody and immediately, she picks the camera up because she thinks i'm gonna walk into her. 0k. so in theory, this is as easy as controlling any kind of in—game character. just with more serious consequences if i put it in the sea or something. the lag is nowhere near as bad as i thought it was going to be. over there is the golden gate bridge! look at that! oh, come on! he gets through the gate 5,000 miles away! we have a person, so i can — i can move up and then i can kind

the nypd quietly terminated its contract last week with boston dynamics, the maker of that thing, isfficer. the nypd hoped the dog be a futuristic crime stopper if it was unleashed on your neighborhood street, right? but it received harsh backlash from critics who said it was an example of over-aggressive policing. the new york times reports the dog will soon be returned to boston dynamics, by the way, hyundai bought boston dynamics for $1 billion back in december, but hyundai is about flat at the moment but look at that thing. a robotic police dog. let's get to ashley webster live in hollywood, florida at a restaurant whose owner is hoping she has better luck with her robotic helpers. ashley, including a robot peanut ashley: this is peanut, liz. i'm not sure whether you saw the prototype at ces one of the years you were there, but peanut welcomes you as you come into the restaurant, and then, a human programmer, will tell peanut where to take me, the customer, so let's give it a go. are you ready? okay. thank you. let's go. okay, very good. very calming music, liz i don't know if yo

>> a youtuber got his hand on the boston dynamics. >> oh, that spot the dog?> spot the robot dog there, and he got him to pee beer, how about that? >> it's innovative. oh. that's a lot. >> that's a little too much. >> wait, he almost slipped on it. >> clean that up. clean up on aisle whatever. yeah. >>> a runaway dinghy in miami there, wait, what? >> doughnuts in the water anyone? i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is often worth more than insuran call the barnes firm to find out i could've made. what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ the barnes firm, injury attorneys ♪ call one eight hundred,est resul eight million ♪

the now famous frame of spot the dog, built by robot specialists boston dynamics.ieve it or not, to take spot for a walk from your own home. all you need is one of these, and that's what i am going to do right now. so i can see spot's point of view and cody, who's filming us. i don't know why i'm waving to her — she can't see me. and if ijust waggle these sticks, i can actually... laughs. ..run straight towards cody and immediately, she picks the camera up because she thinks i'm gonna walk into her. 0k. so in theory, this is as easy as controlling any kind of in—game character. just with more serious consequences if i put it in the sea or something. the lag is nowhere near as bad as i thought it was going to be. 0ver there is the golden gate bridge! look at that! oh, come on! he gets through the gate 5,000 miles away! we have a person, so i can — i can move up and then i can kind of go into pose mode and play with him. i can wag my tail. giggles. i can do a downward dog and an upward dog. hello. and this thing does have collision detection on it so if i accidentall

but now boston dynamics has put spot up for sale to companies and developers, the idea is that they buy one and then do what they want. let's talk with spofs what they want. let's talk with spot's real owner. what is the normal reaction? is it due to get their phones out? it normal reaction? is it due to get their phones out?— their phones out? it is. it is re their phones out? it is. it is pretty binary- _ their phones out? it is. it is pretty binary. dogs - their phones out? it is. it is pretty binary. dogs love - their phones out? it is. it is. pretty binary. dogs love hate their phones out? it is. it is - pretty binary. dogs love hate it, people are fascinated by it. they bring their phones out, or they completely ignore it. this bring their phones out, or they completely ignore it.- bring their phones out, or they completely ignore it. this dog has cocked its is. _ completely ignore it. this dog has cocked its is. i— completely ignore it. this dog has cocked its is. iwill_ completely ignore it. this dog has cocked its is. i will try _ completely ignore it. this dog has cocked its i

but now, boston dynamics has put spot up for sale to companies and developers.ut the question is what they want? let's talk spot's real over geoff. —— owner. what i people's reactions to spot usually, they all have their phones out, look at that, is this a normal reaction? it is, it is actually pretty binary, dogs love it or hated and are fascinated by it and bring their phones out on they completely ignore it and go on with their lives, it is one of the other. this dog here has cocked its ears. i'm going to try wagging my tail. spot is on sale for about $75,000, about £55,000 in the uk, is my first question is who is going to buy it and what for? for inspections, - it and what for? for inspections, if- it and what for? for inspections, if you i it and what for? for - inspections, if you need to it and what for? fr?" inspections, if you need to go look at engage in a remote area, maybe it is on an oil or area, maybe it is on an oil or a piece of infrastructure that is hard to access, security is an application but spot as a general purpose mobility platform, it

the now famous frame of spot the dog, built by boston dynamics.r the last four or five years as the group have developed increasingly complex and animallike movements. it is now possible, believe it or not, to take spot for a walk from your own home. all you need is one of these. that is what i will do right now. so i can see spot's point of view. and cody, who is filming us will stop if i waggled these sticks, i can run straight towards cody and immediately she picks the camera up because she things i'm going to walk into it. in theory, this is as easy as controlling any kind of in game character. just with more serious consequences if i put it in the sea or something. the lack is nowhere nearas or something. the lack is nowhere near as bad as i thought it was going to be. over there is the golden gate bridge. look at that! come on, he gets through the gate. 5000 miles away. we have a person, so i can move up and i can kind of go into post mode and play with them. i can wag my tail. i can do

indeed sir so while boston dynamics the company behind the n.y.p.d. is robotic dog charges over $74000.00 commercially for this little 4 legged robot while the n.y.p.d. has been very tight lipped about the how and the why or behind acquiring their robo canine i want to ask you do you feel comfortable as a new yorker but your police department is in the business of noticing robotics on this level or higher. no no no no no no no no and by the way with all due respect mr asimov for dr asma he didn't really take into account artificial intelligence he talked about robots robots are fine they're cute they're great this is a different story let me ask you fine people the following question of all the shapes and all of the forms and all the be manifestations of a police robot why dog why for a way why not a box with the wheels there are these things that open up in the but why something that we are familiar with when we say oh maybe to distract somebody maybe that's one of the things for somebody and a shoot out and it was a what is that the mom let's put ou

were reproduced with cadets using robots for reconnaissance and support including the famous boston dynamicda and the bahamas got an unexpected meteoric visitor! a striking trial of light could be seen by eyewitnesses and security cameras across the sunshine state as the lump of rock bent up state as the lump of rock bent up and disintegrated. i will be backin up and disintegrated. i will be back in a moment with all the top business stories including travel talk. see you in a moment. hello. april so far has been colder and drier than average, and the weather for now is in no mood to change that pattern. so, plenty of dry weather continuing for the next few days, but of course the thing which has got most of us talking is just how chilly it feels. there's more of that to come as well and more of those frosty nights. it is high pressure. whenever you see this, you think, "well, it's dry." however, as we saw on tuesday, there were showers around. and there will still be a few in the day ahead, though most will stay dry after what is another widespread frost to start the day, another hard fros

if you aren't familiar with these law enforcement doggos, these are the famous boston dynamics robotsominate us meat bags. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you'll notice that in their promotional video, the robots are in a nightmare hellscape of futuristic terror. but they put funky music on it, so it's all good! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ robot rip-pin'out my throat! ♪ the dog is ripin out my throat quarne-whi, dolly parton's ♪ ice cream had to be rereleased this week after it launched online and caused hours-long website problems. evidently, the website was only working 9 to 5. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> islands in the slam! >> stephen: so what was the flavor that broke the internet? strawberry pretzel pie. okay, seems tasty. but i've got to say, as a veteran of the celebrity ice cream game, i'm shocked. there were so many puns right there! dolly pint-on. quarts of many colors. and, of course, jol-cream, jol-cream, jol-cream, jol-cream i'm begging of you please don't take my spoon quarantine-while, "a popcorn salad recipe by the food network's molly yey has divided twitter." let's take a look at this supposedly polarizing salad. >> i'll ge

the robot, produced by boston dynamics, is as large as a medium-sized dog and can navigate autonomously. new york congressmember jamaal bowman blasted the city's use of police robots in a video posted on twitter. >> n not only do they physically occupy a community by too many police, now you're bringing robot police to occupy my communi? so you ca't gi me a ling wagean't rae the minimum wagecan't get affordae housing. 'working ha and cannot get paid leave, cannot get affordable childcare and instead we have money, taxpayer money, going toward robot police dogs. amy: in boston, the acting mayor has ordered release of documents related to the former police chief patrick rose who is first accused of child sexual abuse in 1995. he was allowed to remain on the force for over 20 more years, abusing other children. the boston globe found the boston police department concluded rose likely was guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy i 1995 but took no action. last year, teenage girl reported she was abused by rose from the age of seven through 12, leading to at least five more survivors com

the now famous frame of spot the dog, built by robot specialists boston dynamics.s as the group have developed increasingly complex and animal—like movements. it's now possible, believe it or not, to take spot for a walk from your own home. all you need is one of these, and that's what i am going to do right now. so i can see spot's point of view and cody, who's filming us. i don't know why i'm waving to her — she can't see me. and if ijust waggle these sticks, i can actually... laughs. ..run straight towards cody and immediately, she picks the camera up because she thinks i'm gonna walk into her. 0k. so in theory, this is as easy as controlling any kind of in—game character. just with more serious consequences if i put it in the sea or something. the lag is nowhere near as bad as i thought it was going to be. over there is the golden gate bridge! look at that! oh, come on! he gets through the gate 5,000 miles away! we have a person, so i can — i can move up and then i can kind of go into pose mode and play with him. i can wag my tail. giggles. i can do a downward

just can't wait because this mayoral campaign is already the most interesting, most dynamic campaign for mayor in boston for my lifetime and i watched them all. >> the fact that btsz has never, ever, ever had anyone other than a white male mayor, that they have had irish-american or italian-american mayors for 91 straight years and now kim janey running in field for a full term that is also full of lots of people of color and such a fascinating turning point, such a fascinating touchstone for boston and she's acting mayor right now. that's going to be an amazing thing to see. >> rachel, the one thing they don't have in the current lineup of major candidates is a white male candidate. for mayor of boston. so it is a new boston and it is exciting to watch. >> yeah. that's fascinating. i can't wait to see that interview. well done, my friend. >> thank you. >>> a lone star state has two big stars of the democratic party, former congressman o'rourke and castro and they will both be joining us together in just a moment to lead off our discussion tonight and that makes me more than a bit nervous. about what i'

with big data that people would assume would have to be in silicon valley, boston or cambridge area. we are seeing that dynamicyor in miami should get credit. more mayors are doing that. they recognize the future of their cities are in the hands of startups creating jobs in driving a lot of these opportunities. many people are going to be surprised in the next 10 or 20 years how many great, iconic multibillion-dollar uniform companies -- unicorn companies are in parts of the country that people don't think of as startup cities. emily: just about 30 seconds left, let's talk about what kinds of companies. what are your top three. what is the most promising? we are hearing so much about crypto. steve: a company we backed in the mental health space has a positive d -- possibility of going public. initially focused on airport fast pass. there is now a health pass partnership announced a couple of weeks ago with walmart. that's a big area of continued focus. 16 of the economy is the most important aspect of our lives. e-commerce, we are seeing a lot in the future of work. it will likely be more of a hybrid work stru

boston globe opinion and an msnbc contributor. she's also cohost of the #sistersinlaw podcast. >> redistricting could reshape the power dynamic in congressbe added. demgraph, changes could mean democrats lose seats in northern and coastal states. does this set the stage for a more urgent showdown over voting rights? >> yes, it certainly will in the minds of democrats. and part of the issue, part of what they're trying to do in hr-1, this massive voting rights bill, is to create independent redistricting commissions in states basically to take the task of drawing these lines out of the hands of partisan actors. republicans have a substantial advantage here in redistricting. there are several states that are poised to add seats, like texas and florida and georgia, where republicans will have the final authority over redistricting. there are as many as ten seats according to some experts that could flip in the house just by drawing new district lines. even if the landscape does not change a single point from 2020, and the margin in the house when all of the vacacies is likely to be filled, is five seats in favor of the democrats. redistrict