'Creepy' Robot Dog Loses Job With New York Police Department

NYPD canceled its contract with Boston Dynamics last week after its test run of the company's Spot robot sparked concerns of misuse of city funds and potential police abuse. NYPD canceled its contract with Boston Dynamics last week after its test run of the company's Spot robot sparked concerns of misuse of city funds and potential police abuse. After a public outcry, a robotic dog once hailed by the New York Police Department a high-tech crime-fighting sidekick is getting sent back to its owner. The police canceled a $94,000 contract with the robot's maker Boston Dynamics following a growing backlash tied to calls to cut the police budget and concerns of police militarization and abuses of force. The department introduced the public to the "Digidog" in December after acquiring the device in a test program.