Norwegian oil company enlists Boston Dynamics' robotic dog Spot to patrol its ship

The Norwegian oil company Aker BP ASA has announced it will bring aboard the infamous robotic watchdog Spot on the company's ships in the Skarv region of the Norwegian Sea. According to Aker, Spot will be charged with sniffing out hydrocarbon leaks, inspecting ship equipment, taking mechanical readings, generating reports, and completing inspections in areas that might be too dangerous for human workers. Spot was developed by the Massachusetts-based robotics company Boston Dynamics, which specializes in developing autonomous and humanoid machines. The Norwegian oil company Aker BP ASA announced it will begin using Boston Dynamics' robotic watchdog on Spot (pictured above) to help monitor equipment on its ships in the Norwegian Sea'These things never get tired, they have a larger ability to adapt and to gather data,' Aker BP ASA's Kjetel Digre told Bloomberg. The announcement is part of the Aker's new emphasis on'digitalization,' which it hopes will make its ships safer and more productive.