In a world where robotics blurs the line between machine and intelligence, robot dogs are among the first machines to find applications across various domains. Initially, these robotic creatures were ...

Tokyo engineers unveil a dog-inspired robot that uses air-powered muscles to study how animals absorb impact while running ...

With the memory of an elephant and instincts of a seasoned first responder, researchers say this four-legged robot could be ...

Since Boston Dynamic first teased its BigDog robot in 2004, four-legged hound automatons have exploded in popularity. There are now dozens of robot dogs in development, ranging from military and ...

We've seen robot dogs run up hills with luggage, and help fight fires. Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, ...

A member of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, remotely controls a Boston Dynamics "Spot" canine-like robot at the 2025 Hannover Messe industrial trade fair on March 31, 2025, in Hanover, ...

Quadruped "robot dogs" may move quite a bit like their canine counterparts on land, but they're not nearly as good at swimming (although some can walk underwater). Such is not the case with a new mini ...

(Bloomberg) -- Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc., is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like “Uptown Funk.” But beyond its playful antics, Spot’s ability to ...

Robots can look like all sorts of things, but they’re often more fun if you make them look like some kind of charming animal. That’s precisely what [Ananya], [Laurence] and [Shao] did when they built ...

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