Boston Dynamics’ Spot spent years demonstrating careful, coordinated movements inside instrumented rooms, yet the real test has always been whether those same skills could survive once the ceiling cameras and external computers disappeared. Researchers at the RAI Institute have now answered that question by teaching the robot to upright, roll, and drag a 15-kilogram car tire across ordinary outdoor surfaces using nothing more than the depth cameras already mounted on its body and a compact computer riding onboard. The tire still outweighs what the arm alone can lift, so the legs, torso, and arm continue to share the load, only this time the entire decision process runs locally and continuously.