KILLINGLY, Conn. — Story by Zoe Miller and Calvin Sandberg
Recently, Roger Coutu, A robotics technician from Boston Dynamics visited the Killingly High School robotics class to show off SPOT, the robot dog, and its various capabilities.
The robotics classes got to see first hand what the future of robotics has to offer as well as an insight on robotic occupations after high school.
The students who attended this job shadow got to see SPOT in action and even pilot the robotic companion. Spot was first revealed to the public on June 23, 2016, being the accumulation of roughly 20 years of robotic evolution within the company, very quickly becoming one of the many outstanding inventions to arise out of Boston Dynamics.
While this was an experience of a lifetime, Boston Dynamics are sure to keep creating and inventing new, groundbreaking innovations in the robotics field.
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