--- title: "Watch a Robodog Twerk in a Baggy Hoodie and Basketball Shorts" description: "A video shows a Boston Dynamics Spot Mini robodog put on a show while wearing a pair of basketball shorts and a hoodie. It's a hell of a show." date: "2020-04-03" modified: "2020-04-03" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/robodog-twerk-baggy-hoodie-basketball-shorts" categories: - "Robot Dogs" - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "boston dynamics" - "spotmini" - "the digest" --- # Watch a Robodog Twerk in a Baggy Hoodie and Basketball Shorts ![A video shows a Boston Dynamics Spot Mini robodog put on a show while wearing a pair of basketball shorts and a hoodie. It's a hell of a show.]() *\Image: AIgency\* ## AIthleisure A video created by [The Aigency](), "a talent management resource for robotic personalities," shows a Boston Dynamics Spot Mini robodog perform a spirited dance routine while rocking a pair of basketball shorts and oversized hoodie. And it's already putting people under its spell. "This better not awaken anything in me," *Bloomberg* journalist Oliver Sachgau quipped on Twitter. https://twitter.com/sachgau/status/1246063326540582912 ## Short Supply Boston Dynamics started selling the quadrupedal robo-dog [this year]() but supplies are still limited. The robot really knows [how to dance](). A 2018 video showed it twerking and moonwalking to "Uptown Funk." The company behind the video only launched on April 1. It's aim is to represent robots the same way a talent agency would represent human talent. "We get the robots on set and ensure they hit their marks," [its website]() reads. ## April Fools? The hoodie-clad robot's dance is not unusual in a media landscape where videos surface of a [drone taking a dog on a walk](), or researchers teaching large robotic arms to [prepare hot dogs](). "We figured that the idea already sounds crazy enough to be an April Fools joke so we are just embracing the timing," Seattle entrepreneur and co-founder Forest Gibson said in a [*Dot.la* interview](). "We handle the logistics of getting the robots on set and into character for their performance," Gibson added. "We then support the media and promotions of the production via social media, red carpet events, and press tours with our talent." So twerk away, Spot. **READ MORE:** [Here Comes The Aigency, a Talent Agency for Robot Actors]() \[*dot.la*\] **More on Spot Mini:** *[See Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tackle an Outdoor Obstacle Course]()* ## 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]()