Boston Dynamics expands Spot sales to Canada and Europe, robot arm coming in January

Boston Dynamics today opened commercial sales of Spot, its quadruped robot that can climb stairs and traverse rough terrain, in Canada, the EU, and the U.K. Additionally, CEO Robert Playter told VentureBeat in an interview that Spot is getting more payloads next year, including a recharging station and a robot arm. Boston Dynamics started selling the Spot Explorer developer kit to U.S. businesses for $74,500 in June. Spot Explorer includes the robot, two batteries, the battery charger, the tablet controller, a robot case, a power case, and Python client packages for Spot APIs. You can only buy up to two Spots via Boston Dynamics' shopping portal. If you want more units, the company has two other pricing tiers: Academic (discount for accredited educational institutions) and Enterprise (more sensors, software integration, communications infrastructure, and robot fleet management).