In a deal revealed Monday, door {hardware} large Assa Abloy introduced that Boston Dynamics’ Spot will be capable to autonomously unlock its automated doorways. “Till now,” the lock maker notes, “the phrase ‘autonomous’ didn’t apply to Spot’s skill to open accessed-controlled doorways simply.”

The “embedded digital entry credentials” work over Bluetooth, permitting the four-legged robotic to go via automated doorways throughout safety patrol periods. The businesses may even supply up the characteristic for settings the place Spot is deployed to carry out inspection duties, similar to energy crops and oil refineries.

Boston Dynamics apparently floated the characteristic concept to Assa Abloy, although we all know the corporate has been refining Spot’s velociraptor-like skill to open doors for years.