Boston dynamics robotics ai institute spot robot dog – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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See Spot run (over three times faster).

The commercial version of Boston Dynamics’ Spot isn’t designed for speed. So using reinforcement learning techniques, researchers from the Robotics and AI Institute upgraded the quadruped robo-dog with an improved gait allowing it to run at 11.6 mph, according to a report from IEEE Spectrum.

Spot’s top speed is usually around 3.6 mph, but with an added flight phase with all four feet off the ground, it’s able to run faster without any hardware upgrades.

A person runs beside one of Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots running on a track.
Boston Dynamics’ Spot is able to run at 11.6 mph using an upgraded gait developed using reinforcement learning techniques.
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