TL;DR: Boston Dynamics is strapping Google’s Gemini AI onto Spot, giving the robot dog the ability to read analog gauges and thermometers on the fly.
For years, Spot has been the undisputed king of doing backflips and walking upstairs. But actually understanding what it looks at during industrial patrols? That required a lot of hardcoded logic.
Not anymore. Boston Dynamics just partnered with Google DeepMind to pipe Gemini directly into Spot’s vision system.
Now, instead of just snapping photos of a factory floor, Spot can actively read analog gauges, check thermometers, and understand environmental context. You don’t have to program it to “look for the red line.” You just tell the AI what matters, and the dog figures it out.
It’s a huge leap for autonomous inspections. Turns out, giving a robot dog an actual brain makes it a lot more useful.