I 'walked' Boston Dynamics' robot dog around San Francisco

"What's its name?"  "Can I take a photo?" "What is that?" The Boston Dynamics robot dog known as Spot stood out. Some people were fascinated. Others were annoyed and wary. Most, however, seemed excited to see the four-legged robot in person.  That's what I noticed from more than 4,500 miles away from home in Lima, Peru, while remotely operating the quadruped as it scurried along a busy sidewalk in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. Strike a pose. Image: sasha lekach / mashable / formant  SEE ALSO: Oh, nothing, just Ford's robot dogs roaming the factory floor You've probably seen Spot in viral videos of it pulling a truck or opening a door. Boston Dynamics made the 65-pound robot available to the public for about $75,000 in June. Now San Francisco-based robotics management company Formant has one of its own. Read more...More about Boston Dynamics, Robotics, Tech, and Artificial Intelligence