--- title: Boston Dynamics Robot Dances to Uptown Funk in Viral Video description: A dancing robot gave a new meaning to doing the robot when it executed a flawless performance of the running man to the 'Uptown Funk.' canonical: https://time.com/5427249/dancing-robot-boston-dynamics-uptown-funk/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-17T17:17:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:31.039Z og:title: This Robot Dancing Gives New Meaning to Doing the Robot og:description: The future is now og:url: https://time.com/5427249/dancing-robot-boston-dynamics-uptown-funk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7253dbc8989b001e/69893cd097cdff6b966b67c9/robot-dances-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Future technology in black prosthetic hand on white. 3ds max og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Robot Dancing Gives New Meaning to Doing the Robot twitter:description: The future is now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7253dbc8989b001e/69893cd097cdff6b966b67c9/robot-dances-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Let This Robot Dancing Up a Storm Redefine Your Idea of Doing the Robot  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2018 5:17 PM UTC  Future technology in black prosthetic hand on white. 3ds max render / Futuristic innovation - artificial arm Future technology in black prosthetic hand on white. 3ds max render / Futuristic innovation - artificial armPablo\_K—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2018 5:17 PM UTC A dancing [robot](http://time.com/4742543/robots-jobs-machines-work/) gave a whole new meaning to [“doing the robot”](http://time.com/3144670/john-mccain-dance-robot/) when it executed a flawless performance of the running man to the dulcet tones of [“Uptown Funk”.](http://time.com/4041437/uptown-funk-movie-mashup/) On Tuesday, [Boston Dynamics](http://time.com/5155273/boston-dynamics-spotmini-robot-dog/) debuted a YouTube video of their SpotMini, a four-legged robot that they’ll be selling next year as their first commercial product, dancing the Running Man to a peppy cover of “Uptown Funk.” While there’s no one specific job that the robot is made for, according to [_The Verge_](https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/10/16/17983000/dancing-robot-boston-dynamics-video-spotmini-uptown-funk), Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert has said that its skills are versatile and it can be relied on for tasks like inspection duties, research, and security. And while the bot seems like it’ll be able to work hard, as this clip shows that the SpotMini will have no problem being able to play hard too. Watch the full video of the SpotMini getting its groove on to “Uptown Funk” below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5427249/dancing-robot-boston-dynamics-uptown-funk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5427249/dancing-robot-boston-dynamics-uptown-funk/"},"headline":"Let This Robot Dancing Up a Storm Redefine Your Idea of Doing the Robot","datePublished":"2018-10-17T17:17:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:31.039Z","description":"The future is now","url":"https://time.com/5427249/dancing-robot-boston-dynamics-uptown-funk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7253dbc8989b001e/69893cd097cdff6b966b67c9/robot-dances-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7253dbc8989b001e/69893cd097cdff6b966b67c9/robot-dances-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Future technology in black prosthetic hand on white. 3ds max","caption":"Future technology in black prosthetic hand on white. 3ds max","creditText":"Pablo_K—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5427249/dancing-robot-boston-dynamics-uptown-funk/","name":"Let This Robot Dancing Up a Storm Redefine Your Idea of Doing the Robot"}}]}] ```