Boston Dynamics' Robots Won't Take Our Jobs ... Yet

It's impossible to talk about Boston Dynamics robots without acknowledging two things: They're a marvel of modern engineering, and their agility can be incredibly unnerving. A 46-second video of Spot the robot "dog" opening a door has more than 56 million views on YouTube. Atlas, the company's headless humanoid robot, can go for a jog or do parkour. And just last week, the company released new footage of Spot the robot recharging on its own. But even as many observers joke about a robot apocalypse--or the perhaps more realistic possibility that robots will simply take humans' jobs--Boston Dynamics insists these machines still have a long way to go.