GoKawiilBoston Dynamics rejects employee calls to cancel ICE robot dog contract
Boston Dynamics says it will proceed with supplying Spot robots to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, despite a petition signed by more than 300 employees opposing the deal. The roughly $2 million sale, intended for building searches, was approved by the government in late September and delivered through reseller Radeco with Cerberus software installed.
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The employee letter ties objections to ICE's September raid on a Hyundai facility, Hyundai being Boston Dynamics' parent company, suggesting workers see a direct link between the robots' end-use and actions affecting their own colleagues. Employees warn the deal could hurt recruitment and retention, indicating a broader tension between defense/law-enforcement contracts and tech worker activism that has recurred across the industry.
- Boston Dynamics confirms it will not cancel its ICE robot dog contract.
- Over 300 employees signed a petition against the deal, though about half anonymously.
- The sale was approved by the government in late September via reseller Radeco.
Source: cnet.com — Omar Gallaga, 2026-10-28
Published there as: “Boston Dynamics Faces Employee Protest Over Robot Deal With ICE”
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