National Highways, BAM Ritchies and Aecom are trialling Spot the robot dog, carrying geotechnical surveys across the South West.

BAM is using Spot the robot dog to survey former Cold War weapons testing facilities that are too hazardous for people to enter.

Mace and Heathrow Airport have deployed Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog to provide 3D laser scans of a 1960s cargo tunnel at the airport.

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BAM Nuttall has successfully trialled the Trimble X7 3D laser scanner fitted to Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot in a remote construction setting, using a private stand-alone 5G network for remote control.

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Spot the robot dog, seen here sporting a radiation-proof suit, has continued to work on the decommissioning of Sellafield.

rimble has integrated its X7 3D laser scanner and FieldLink software with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot for autonomous 3D data capture on site.

Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog has been put through its paces on the decommissioning of Sellafield nuclear power plant.