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McMaster: Weaponizing robots is a distraction from Boston Dynamics' core focus
“For what we're trying to do right now in industrial use cases, it's a distraction for our business.”
Amanda McMaster Jul 29, 2026 ▶ 44:29 The $1/Hour Robot Is Coming: Four Industry Leaders Explain What’s Next
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McMaster: Boston Dynamics is focused on real-world deployment, not R&D
“Yeah, we are big on deploying robots, so it's no longer an AI lab. It's not a research and development company anymore. We're now focused on real world deployment.”
Amanda McMaster Jul 29, 2026 ▶ 35:06 The $1/Hour Robot Is Coming: Four Industry Leaders Explain What’s Next
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Boston Dynamics will likely offer Atlas as robot-as-a-service
“We'll be doing a, probably a robot as a service model, likely with Atlas.”
Amanda McMaster Jul 29, 2026 ▶ 37:49 The $1/Hour Robot Is Coming: Four Industry Leaders Explain What’s Next
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McMaster: Boston Dynamics focuses on labor augmentation over replacement for Spot
“We haven't necessarily looked at labor replacement for a spot. While, while that is a metric you might look at, we thought about, you know, how do we bring spots in there to augment human labor?”
Amanda McMaster Jul 29, 2026 ▶ 39:48 The $1/Hour Robot Is Coming: Four Industry Leaders Explain What’s Next
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