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Editorial illustration of a quadruped robot using its arm and body to move a large tire on an outdoor robotics test course.

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Video Friday: Spot Plays to Show Its Whole-Body Manipulation

IEEE Spectrum's latest Video Friday is a curated collection of robotics demonstrations rather than a report on one product or research result. The lead video shows the Robotics and AI Institute's Spot system rolling, uprighting, dragging, and recovering a 15-kilogram tire outdoors using coordinated motion from its legs, body, and arm.

IEEE Spectrum Robotics · Published Oct 30, 2026