I’ve encountered my fair share of unsettling sights, but this latest one is sure to stick with me for a while. The mere existence of billionaires is disconcerting enough, but witnessing ...

Robot dogs used to be simple machines — impressive, but fully controlled by humans. That’s no longer the case. Modern robot dogs now use artificial intelligence to learn how to walk, balance, and ...

The $357,000 robot dog, funded through a federal grant, completed its first deployment and is expected to respond to ...

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Mar. 17, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. As Americans grow fed up with the rapid encroachment of ...

If you’re looking to get a dog but have reservations about all the poop, pee, and chewed shoes that you’ll have to deal with, then how about getting a robot one instead? Unitree has brought the idea a ...

A robotic dog that can run, climb, and carry your gear across rugged terrain sounds like science fiction. But Chinese robotics company Unitree believes it has built exactly that with the As2 companion ...

We're long used to seeing dogs do tricks with balls in movies and home videos, but they tend to be real dogs, not robots. So it may have been a tad off-putting when one person visiting the AT&T ...