Boston Dynamics workers petition to cancel robot dog sale to ICE
greyface- · hn · 2026-10-27
Boston Dynamics employees launched an internal petition urging the company to cancel a sale of robot dogs to ICE/DHS, as reported by WBUR. The post centers on the ethical controversy of police/immigration-enforcement use of robotics and employee pushback.
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