Boston Dynamics employees want to block sale of robot dogs to ICE
US robotics company stands by ICE deal as more than 300 employees warn of risk. Hundreds of employees at the US robotics firm Boston Dynamics signed a petition calling for executives to halt a sale of the company’s robot dogs to US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement—but executives stood by the deal, while saying the robots would not be weaponized. “Many of us have gotten messages from friends and family, asking us in disbelief and horror if this news is true, and how we can live with ourselves if it is,” according to the petition. “The risk for Boston Dynamics is simply too great to continue with this deal.” The petition described the signatories as employees who normally “love showing off what we do to our friends, family and the world” and who “love challenging ourselves to innovate and change the perception of what robots can do.” The 300 signatures come out of a total Boston…
