--- title: "Oh No: Boston Dynamics Will Start Selling Arms For Its Robodogs" description: "Boston Dynamics will sell accessories for its robodog Spot, including charging bricks, camera kits — and even a prehensile arm." date: "2020-10-22" modified: "2020-10-22" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/boston-dynamics-selling-arms-robodogs" categories: - "Boston Dynamics" - "Robot Dogs" - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "boston dynamics" - "robot dog" - "spot" - "the digest" --- # Oh No: Boston Dynamics Will Start Selling Arms For Its Robodogs ![Boston Dynamics will sell accessories for its robodog Spot, including charging bricks, camera kits — and even a prehensile arm.]() *\Image: Boston Dynamics\* ## Right to Bear Arms Boston Dynamics is getting ready to start selling a whole lineup of accessories for its robodog extraordinaire Spot, including charging bricks, camera kits — and even a prehensile arm that attaches to the robot's "head." The robot went on sale to the public for $75,000 apiece last year. The robodog has found plenty of jobs since then, from completing mundane tasks like doing [night rounds at an oil rig]() all the way to becoming a [remotely controlled doctor on four legs](). ## Open Sesame But with a retractable arm, Spot is about to become even more useful. In fact, as we've already seen in videos released by Boston Dynamics in 2018, such an arm [allows it to open doors]() — even if a concerned human were to [get in its way](). The arm is arriving at some point early next year, [*TechCrunch* reports](). It has six degrees of freedom and moves according to the movement of the robot dog it's attached to. "Like the base robot, there’s much more to the arm than just hardware," the company wrote in a description, according to *TechCrunch*. "It will ship with an intuitive UI, and be equipped to operate through both telemanipulation and supervised autonomous behaviors via the tablet." ## Wide Release Boston Dynamics is also planning to release a Spot robot that's meant for enterprise applications, which will include a self-charging dock. Such a dock gives it the ability to complete its tasks completely autonomously in dangerous areas such as radiation-heavy zones that are too dangerous for a human caretaker. **READ MORE:**[Boston Dynamics’ Spot is getting an arm and self-charging dock next year]() \[*TechCrunch*\] **More on Boston Dynamics:** *[This Site Lets You Control an Actual Boston Dynamics Robodog With a PlayStation Controller]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()