I didn’t know Boston Dynamics—the robotics company—has been around since the 1980s.
They only came to my attention, and much of the world’s attention, in the mid-2010s with their robots capable of autonomously lifting and moving objects. At this point people could start to piece together what role these robots could play in the automation of work.
However, this impressive video really shows the development and improvement of their robots over the past 40 years; it’s beyond impressive.
It reminded me of the saying that an overnight success takes decades.