Robodog 'Spot' designed to sniff out BOMBS goes into 'sit' mode

Daily Mail - Science & tech 

A robot dog named'Spot' designed to sniff out bombs went into'sit mode' and refused to move during a live trial by Massachusetts police. Spot was created by Boston Dynamics and was on loan to the bomb squad in 2019 when the failed test happened, according to a report by OneZero. The bomb squad were called to a Walmart in Westboro, Massachusetts after employees spotted a suspicious'old brown briefcase' on a bin in the car park. Officers decided to have Spot examine the briefcase but when they turned him on he went into'sit mode' and wouldn't move - even after multiple reboots. Massachusetts Police were eventually able to get Spot to walk over to the briefcase but the video quality he recorded'wasn't very good' and had to sent a human technician to remove the briefcase - it didn't have a bomb inside.