Boston Dynamics Calls for DC Support as Robot Rivalries Heat Up

Boston Dynamics Inc.’s head of government relations urges US policymakers to step up support for robotics companies as competition intensifies from Chinese humanoids.

• China knows that the number of robots deployed generates more data to make robots better, Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy and government relations for Boston Dynamics, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV
  • Co. sees competition from around the world, not just from China, as recognition spreads that “robots are going to transform our lives”
• A potential US tariff on robots “could be of assistance,” he said, “if we approach that in a smart ...