Yeah, I guess that they are still looking for the killer app. For a while, it looked like they could be deployed as military mules; but they were too loud (due

Yeah, I guess that they are still looking for the killer app. For a while, it looked like they could be deployed as military mules; but they were too loud (due to the internal combustion engine) for that purpose. So, what can they do? Meantime, for $7.25/hour, you can hire a human that (hopefully) understands spoken words, and can do jobs requiring fine hand motor skills, e.g. pick-and-pack in warehouse, or serve meals and drinks, stock shelves, flip burgers etc. Boston Dynamics robot cannot do any of that. It can walk over difficult terrain, and flip, but who needs that? Perhaps they should focus on the "hands/arms" parts (as opposed to legs). Industrial robots don't use legs, they are fine with wheels and rails. Also legs are not really what stands apart - cheetahs and horses and mice can use their legs better than humans, but so what. What matters is hands - opposable thumbs, and so on.