But as expected, others have taken their place [2]. Guilt-tripping a single non-monopoly proving useless again.
[1]: https://bostondynamics.com/news/general-purpose-robots-shoul...
[2]: https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260323PD219/military-bosto...
That’s just marketing bs in the same vein as “Your privacy is very important to us.”. It means nothing.
The "no more military weapons" statement seems to have been after they were acquired by Hyundai.
Boston Dynamics' business is, basically, "mobility platforms." After all these years the basic development is all done; now they're pivoting to commercial markets.
There's no real difference between a "murderbot" and, say, a police riot-control platform, a fire-fighting platform, a forestry platform, etc.
They might not be explicitly developing weapon packages any more, but there are plenty of other companies who will be happy to take the money to build them onto Boston Dynamics' platforms.
Only way to solve this is DRM. War machine (or even intimidation tool) creations on their platforms is a Terms of Use violation [1]
[1]: https://bostondynamics.com/blog/an-ethical-approach-to-mobil...