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Yep. Boston Dynamics has been dependent on military contracts since their founding in 1992.

The "no more military weapons" statement seems to have been after they were acquired by Hyundai.

Boston Dynamics' business is, basically, "mobility platforms." After all these years the basic development is all done; now they're pivoting to commercial markets.

There's no real difference between a "murderbot" and, say, a police riot-control platform, a fire-fighting platform, a forestry platform, etc.

They might not be explicitly developing weapon packages any more, but there are plenty of other companies who will be happy to take the money to build them onto Boston Dynamics' platforms.



"there are plenty of other companies who will be happy to take the money to build them onto Boston Dynamics' platforms."

Only way to solve this is DRM. War machine (or even intimidation tool) creations on their platforms is a Terms of Use violation [1]

[1]: https://bostondynamics.com/blog/an-ethical-approach-to-mobil...




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