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Morning Edition · Sunday, August 16, 2026Published at 2:12 AM EDT · New York
Data Center Operators Buy Robot Dogs at $165,000 to $300,000 Each to Replace Security Guards
Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics pitch payback in about 18 months against human guard costs of roughly $150,000 a year.
Operators of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are deploying four-legged robots to patrol perimeters, inspect equipment and flag anomalies. Boston Dynamics prices its Spot platform between $175,000 and $300,000 depending on configur…
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Robotics Foundation Models for Embodied AI
Over the coming months, labs ship general-purpose robotics model suites that bridge vision-language understanding to physical navigation and manipulation, pushing foundation models into embodied action.
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