Twenty - five years after founding Boston Dynamics , Marc Raibert , said his company has started to “ turn a corner to think about making a product and finding some narrower applications ” . The company has made robots that can walk , on three legs or two , but until now has operated in a research capacity . And hey, wouldn’t you know it: helping the elderly remain independent is something the Toyota Research Institute is already tinkering with. While he declined to offer a roadmap , he mentioned areas of interests including elderly assistance and @ ##ies using robots rather than drones . Beyond that , he envisages potentially creating a platform for developers once it has established how it can cut production costs from the prototype to the product level .
Twenty - five years after founding Boston Dynamics , Marc Raibert , said his company has started to “ turn a corner to think about making a product and finding some narrower applications ” . The company has made robots that can walk , on three legs or two , but until now has operated in a research capacity . While he declined to offer a roadmap , he mentioned areas of interests including elderly assistance and @ ##ies using robots rather than drones . Beyond that , he envisages potentially creating a platform for developers once it has established how it can cut production costs from the prototype to the product level .