Viral video: A performance by robot guests on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show

Many outstanding performers from all over the world have appeared on The Tonight Show, a prominent late-night chat show. On Tuesday, though, it hosted a dance by a group of robots for the first time.

The three robots, each named SPOT, were created by Boston Robotics and danced to the song “IONIQ: I’m On It” by BTS. Jimmy Fallon, the show’s host, chatted with Robert Playter, the CEO of Boston Robotics, prior to the dance performance.

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Fallon asked Playter what SPOT, the robot dog, could do besides dance, pour beer, and climb high stairs. Playter explained, “So, SPOT goes into dangerous places where people don’t want to go, nuclear power plants, electric utilities, and does inspections in making sure that the equipment is running well. So we made SPOT as a platform,”

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I'm both endeared and creeped out by this cos ioniq is such a bop but also??? https://t.co/KPTzT7b3pX

— lola⁷🔮 (@_lolafloral_) February 2, 2022

Cool & cute!!! 👏🏼👏🏼 @BTS_twt #BTS https://t.co/NXHtLaNlWX

— Jennifer⁷ Fan Of 2 Time Grammy Nom BTS (@JenBTSVTJ) February 2, 2022

EXUSE ME WHY DID THIS ROBOT KNOW THIS SONG BEFORE ME, NOBODY TOLD ME THIS ECXISTED https://t.co/xAXihHBt1f

— gws jimin (@ltbthv) February 2, 2022

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Not even BTS music in the background can make these robots appealing for me. If I ever see them I'll run while screaming and crying 😭

Cool thing that the use the IONIQ song bc it's such a bop https://t.co/I8qAPTe4Hv

— BabyKoo⁷ 🍓 (@BabyKoo88) February 2, 2022

My kids LOVE watching @BostonDynamics robot videos, but they always freak me out. 😂 https://t.co/USKuL6Ncz0

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— LeeLee (@Leelee_eeleel) February 2, 2022

I hope they do #BTS_Butter by #BTS too! @BTS_twt https://t.co/CZP0ZjMqTm

— Basil Tarragon Sage (@TarragonSage) February 2, 2022

so cute and so cool 😍🔥 https://t.co/FCPrRMiRZ9

— The Girl Named Prince (@girlnamedprince) February 2, 2022

This robot covered a BTS song better than a lot of actual people https://t.co/073JviCrv9

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— Sam⁷ (@BTSOriented) February 2, 2022

This isn’t the first time the SPOT has done a hit song dance performance. In December 2020, Boston Robots released a three-minute video of humanoid robots Atlas and SPOT expertly swaying to The Contours’ “Do you love me.” The video quickly went viral, garnering over 15 million views in just a few days.