Boston Dynamic's Senior Director of Product Merry Frayne will be presenting at Hazardex Live 2026 on the next frontier of robotics with agile mobile robots.

As the energy sector faces increasing pressure to maintain aging infrastructure, improve worker safety, and optimize operational costs, traditional inspection methods are reaching their limits. This presentation explores how Spot, the agile quadruped from Boston Dynamics, is transforming the industry from reactive maintenance to proactive, data-driven site management. By navigating complex, unstructured environments, Spot serves as an autonomous platform for critical data collection, keeping human operators out of harm’s way.

About the speaker:

Merry Frayne is responsible for Spot business unit strategy and roadmap at Boston Dynamics, and directly manages the Spot product management team. After earning her PhD in chemistry, Merry entered the startup world, focusing on bringing novel industrial sensing technologies to market. Since joining Boston Dynamics in 2022, Merry has focused on targeted product capability development to address pressing global challenges.