Brief: Boston Dynamics and five other companies declare they will not weaponize robots; Cornell University puts electronic "brains" on micro-robots, and more

Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree Robotics recently issued a joint open letter announcing that they will not weaponize general-purpose mobile robots or related software, nor support others in doing so, and that they will review customer applications and explore technologies to reduce the risk of weaponization.