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Boston Dynamics is expanding its Spot robot's applications in the industrial, beverage, and defense sectors. Spot is being deployed by Heidelberg Materials in Germany to monitor machinery in cement factories.

A pilot project with Bacardi involves Spot detecting ethanol vapor in whiskey aging warehouses. In defense, Boston Dynamics has contracted to supply 19 Spot units to the Dutch Ministry of Defense for explosives detection and handling.

Globally, quadrupedal robots like Ghost Robotics' Vision 60 are utilized for security, patrols, and disaster response in various countries including the U.S., Israel, Japan, the U.K., and India. The market for quadrupedal robots is expected to grow as technology advances and costs decrease, with discussions of a national robotics strategy ongoing with the U.S. government.