https://qz.com/1276281/softbanks-boston-dynamics-will-start-selling-its-spotmini-robots-in-2019/ >The robot apocalypse has been tentatively scheduled for late 2019. >Boston Dynamics, the SoftBank-owned robotics firm (that was once Alphabet’s headache), will begin to commercialize its research next year. Marc Raibert, the company’s founder, announced onstage at a TechCrunch robotics conference May 11 that Boston Dynamics will begin selling its dog-shaped robot, SpotMini, in 2019. It’ll build about 100 robots over the next year, and is currently in the process of contracting manufacturers.