A Massachusetts police department just became the first in the nation to test a robot dog named Spot

Massachusetts State Police just became the first law enforcement agency to use a robot dog named Spot. Boston Dynamics launched the four-legged robot in September, and it worked with state police to see what would happen when Spot is put in the real world.

Massachusetts State Police became the first law enforcement agency to use a robot dog named Spot. Boston Dynamics launched the four-legged robot in September, and it worked with state police to see what happened when you take Spot out of the lab and put him in the real world.One robot joined the police department's bomb squad for 90 days to see how Spot would function in a situation where there are bombs and hazardous materials or dangerous suspects, according to Massachusetts State Police.

The department only used Spot two times, Massachusetts State Police director of media communications Dave Procopio told CNN in a statement."Massachusetts State Police have used robots to assist in responses to hazardous situations for many years, deploying them to examine suspicious items and to clear high-risk locations where armed suspects may be present," Procopio said in a statement.

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