Boston Dynamics employees keep up the protest over a robot-dog sale to ICE
From the Robots digest for Oct 28, 2026
Thread: robots — Boston Dynamics: the employee petition to block a robot-dog sale to ICE · continuing
What happened: The controversy began in late August, when reports said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to spend up to $2 million on Spot robot devices made by Boston Dynamics, per CNET (published October 28, ~4:49 PM ET) — against which hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees have signed a petition calling for the sale's halt.
What's genuinely new: A dollar figure and a start date for the dispute — the $2 million ICE procurement plan from late August — behind the employee petition reported October 26.
Watch: Whether the sale halts or proceeds, the company's response, and the petition's final size.
Sources CNET