Jeff Bezos, founder and gazillionaire CEO of Amazon, makes headlines everywhere he walks – but when he shows up with a robot dog, Twitter goes crazy.
Such was the case Monday evening when Bezos tweeted a photo of himself and a canine robot taking a stroll at a conference.
“Taking my new dog for a walk at the #MARS2018 conference #BostonDynamics,” he said in the tweet.
MARS stands for Machine learning, home Automation, Robotics, and Space exploration. The event is taking place in Palm Springs, Calif.
The robot is the Boston Dynamics SpotMini robot, according to Business Insider.
Jeff Bezos aboard 13-foot-tall robot in 2017
Last year, Bezos made Twitter go gaga with a tweet of a photo in him manning a mammoth robot walker from Hankook Mirae Technology.
The “dog” might look familiar: It’s the same robot that generated buzz in February for opening a door by itself. Boston Dynamics’ website describes it as a “a nimble robot that handles objects, climbs stairs, and will operate in offices, homes and outdoors.”
At about a size of a Springer Spaniel, the robot dog weighs in at 55 pounds and stands nearly 3 feet tall.
The dog picture is the latest example of Bezos sharing a snapshot of him living his best life. A few months ago, Bezos tweeted a video of himself wearing a hard hat and smashing a champagne bottle on top of a windmill.
Bezos certainly has enough to celebrate. Amazon recently announced its acquisition of the “smart” doorbell company Ring, 20 North American cities are rolling out the red carpet to attract the company’s second headquarters and he’s the richest man of all time.
You can read more at Business Insider.
