Many outstanding performers from all over the world have appeared on The Tonight Show, a prominent late-night chat show. On Tuesday, though, it hosted a dance by a group of robots for the first time.
The three robots, each named SPOT, were created by Boston Robotics and danced to the song “IONIQ: I’m On It” by BTS. Jimmy Fallon, the show’s host, chatted with Robert Playter, the CEO of Boston Robotics, prior to the dance performance.
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Fallon asked Playter what SPOT, the robot dog, could do besides dance, pour beer, and climb high stairs. Playter explained, “So, SPOT goes into dangerous places where people don’t want to go, nuclear power plants, electric utilities, and does inspections in making sure that the equipment is running well. So we made SPOT as a platform,”
I'm both endeared and creeped out by this cos ioniq is such a bop but also??? https://t.co/KPTzT7b3pX
— lola⁷s fan land🔮between you&me, nothing's changed (@myglossololalia) February 2, 2022
Cool & cute!!! 👏🏼👏🏼 @BTS_twt #BTS https://t.co/NXHtLaNlWX
— Jennifer⁷👩🏼🚀IndigoJITBFaceD-DAYLayoverGolden (@JenBTSVTJ) February 2, 2022
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Not even BTS music in the background can make these robots appealing for me. If I ever see them I'll run while screaming and crying 😭
Cool thing that the use the IONIQ song bc it's such a bop https://t.co/I8qAPTe4Hv
— BabyKoo⁷💛🧑🚀 (@BabyKoo88) February 2, 2022
My kids LOVE watching @BostonDynamics robot videos, but they always freak me out. 😂 https://t.co/USKuL6Ncz0
— LeeLee (@Leelee_eeleel) February 2, 2022
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so cute and so cool 😍🔥 https://t.co/FCPrRMiRZ9
— The Girl Named Prince (@girlnamedprince) February 2, 2022
This robot covered a BTS song better than a lot of actual people https://t.co/073JviCrv9
— Sam⁷ moved to bluesky (@BTSOriented) February 2, 2022
This isn’t the first time the SPOT has done a hit song dance performance. In December 2020, Boston Robots released a three-minute video of humanoid robots Atlas and SPOT expertly swaying to The Contours’ “Do you love me.” The video quickly went viral, garnering over 15 million views in just a few days.
