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Boston Dynamics offers an automated face-blurring feature in its Orbit platform that detects and obscures human faces in images captured by the Spot robot, available to enterprise customers as an opt-in setting.

Details

Introduced in Orbit version 5.0, the feature uses AI to detect faces in images captured by Spot Cam and Spot Cam+IR, including PTZ and Site View panoramic formats, and automatically blurs them before they are viewed by operators or sent to Boston Dynamics' servers. Orbit administrators can enable or disable the feature via the platform's settings panel.

Products affected

SpotOrbitSpot CamSpot Cam+IR

Sources & Evidence

News Article

Orbit 5.0 adds features to Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped robot

The Robot Report·May 2025

https://www.therobotreport.com/orbit-5-0-adds-features-boston-dynamics-spot-quadruped-robot/

Company Disclosure

Orbit Administration and Settings

Boston Dynamics Support·May 2025

https://support.bostondynamics.com/s/article/Orbit-Administration-and-Settings-71290

Other practices by Boston Dynamics

Data AnalysisBoston Dynamics announced a partnership with IFS in November 2025 to integrate its Spot inspection robots with IFS.ai, an agentic AI system that converts robot-collected field data into automated maintenance decisions and work orders.OtherBoston Dynamics uses reinforcement learning and supervised learning from human demonstrations to train its Atlas humanoid robot to perform autonomous industrial tasks such as part sequencing in automotive manufacturing.ProductivityBoston Dynamics deployed its Stretch robot, which uses computer vision and machine learning to autonomously identify and move boxes in warehouses, currently being used by logistics and retail customers including Gap Inc.

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