List of robotic dogs

thumb|300px|Spinmaster's robotic dog Zoomer

'''Robotic dogs''' are quadrupedal robots designed to resemble dogs in appearance and behaviour. As of 2024, various military applications have been seen.<ref name="dt1">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/19/gun-toting-robot-dogs-could-be-weapons-of-mass-destruction/ |title=Britain's killer robot dogs – and the race to put them on the battlefield |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=19 June 2024 |last1=Cumming |first1=Ed }}</ref>

==Commercial and research== [[File:2nd Civil Engineer Squadron members with robot dog at Barksdale Air Force Base.jpg|thumb|right|2nd Civil Engineer Squadron members with a Ghost Robotics robot dog at Barksdale Air Force Base in 2023]]

===Quadruped=== ====Boston Dynamics==== * BigDog, quadruped robot created by Boston Dynamics with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that is capable of traversing varied terrain and maintaining its balance on ice and snow. * LittleDog, another Boston Dynamics' robot that is much smaller than the original BigDog project. * Spot

====Other products==== thumb|U.S. Marines test fire the M72 LAW mounted on a Unitree robot. * ANYmal - inspection robot by Swiss firm ANYbotics<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANYmal - Autonomous Legged Robot |url=https://staging.anybotics.com/anymal-autonomous-legged-robot/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=ANYbotics |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * DEEP Robotics' X30<ref name="mav1">{{cite news |url=https://www.maverickdrone.com/en-ca/products/deep-robotics-x30-robot-dog |title=DEEP Robotics X30 / X30 Pro Robot Dog }}</ref><ref name="unm1">{{cite news |url=https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/2024/07/robot-dog-performs-parkour-and-bipedal-walking/ |title=Robot Dog Performs "Parkour" and "Bipedal Walking" | UST |date=15 July 2024 }}</ref><ref name="iot1">{{cite news |url=https://www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/deep-robotics-launches-robot-dog- |title=Deep Robotics Launches Robot Dog }}</ref> * Ghost Robotics V60,<ref name="dp1">{{cite news |url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/09/08/uk-army-robot-dog/ |title=British Army Tests Robotic Dog for Frontline Commands |date=8 September 2022 }}</ref><ref name="mod1">{{cite news |url=https://des.mod.uk/ghost-robot-dog-british-army/ |title=DE&S Partners with British Army to test Ghost V60 Robotic Dogs |date=6 September 2022 }}</ref><ref name="dt1"/> or Quadruped Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (QUGV).<ref name="ba1">{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmm0KXC3pDo | title=Testing of the Robotic Canine | British Army | date=25 July 2022 }}</ref> * Cheetah, a 2015 MIT creation<ref name="mit1">{{cite news |url=https://news.mit.edu/2015/cheetah-robot-lands-running-jump-0529 |title=MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump |date=29 May 2015 }}</ref> * Canid, quadruped with a flexible spine created by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and UPenn. * HyQ, hydraulic quadruped robot able to run up to 2 m/s,<ref name=ga1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnwetZpRtFE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/AnwetZpRtFE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=HyQ - IIT's Hydraulic Quadruped Robot - Balancing and First Outdoor Tests|date=14 May 2012 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> developed by the Advanced Robotics Department of the IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) * SCARAB, climbing and walking quadruped robot developed by the Florida A&M University<ref name=fsu1>{{cite web|url=http://www.eng.fsu.edu/stride/projects/scarab.html|title=Scansorial and Cursorial Ambulation in a Robust and Agile roBot (SCARAB) Quadrupedal Runner and Climber}}</ref> * Robot Alliance's product which was combat-tested in Donetsk in August 2024<ref name="for1">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/08/16/what-we-know-about-ukraines-army-of-robot-dogs/ |title=What We Know About Ukraine's Army of Robot Dogs }}</ref> * An anonymous firm's technology demonstration on EP05 of 2024 Britain's Got Talent<ref name="yt1">{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ9XchSiFjY | title=Britain's Got Talent 2024 Robo Dog Audition Full Show w/Comments Season 17 E05 | date=12 May 2024 }}</ref>

===Hexapedal=== * Rise, hexaped * Rhex, hexaped robot.

==Consumer== thumb|Sony's AIBO * ''AIBO'' (Sony) * ''Big Scratch & Lil' Scratch'' (Trendmasters) * ''Bow-wow''{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} * ''CHiP'' (WowWee) * ''F.I.D.O.'' * ''Gaylord'' (Ideal Toy Company), robotic dog controllable by leash, produced in the 1960s <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCQG5Hb6Gew |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/uCQG5Hb6Gew |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Gaylord the Dog TV Commercial|date=14 December 2006 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * ''Genibo'', robotic dog produced by the Korean company Dasatech. * ''I-Cybie'' (Silverlit Electronics) * ''iDog'' (Sega) and (Tiger Electronics) * ''iDog amp'd'' (Sega) and (Tiger Electronics) * ''iDog Clip'' (Sega) and (Tiger Electronics) * ''iDog Dance'' (Sega) and (Tiger Electronics) * ''iDog soft speaker'' (Sega) and (Tiger Electronics) * ''Lucky the Incredible Wonder Pup'' (Zizzle)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zizzle.com/products/product-lucky.html |title=..:: Zizzle :: |website=www.zizzle.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015034708/http://www.zizzle.com/products/product-lucky.html |archive-date=15 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Mio Pup'' (Tiger Electronics) An "emoto-tronic" robot pet with over 100 "eye-cons" to show its feelings{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} * ''Poo-Chi'' (Sega) and (Tiger Electronics) * ''Robopet'' (WowWee) * ''Rocket the Wonder Dog'' (Fisher-Price) * ''Smartpet'', robot dog that uses an iPhone to be powered * ''Space Dog'' (Yoshiya, Wyandotte, and Schyling), aka. "Robo" or "Rover the Space Dog" * ''Spotbot'', robotic dog from (Tomy)’s Omnibot family * ''Tekno the Robotic Puppy,'' also called "Teksta Interactive Robotic Puppy" appeared on the cover of Time magazine * ''Unitree Robotics, available in six different types: Go2, Go1, A1, BenBen, Aliengo and B1''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unitree Robotics - 宇树科技官网 |url=https://www.unitree.com/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.unitree.com}}</ref> * ''Wappy Dog'' * ''Wrex the Dawg'', robot dog by WowWee {{citation needed|date=September 2012}} * ''Zoomer & Friends'' * ''Mi CyberDog'' from (Xiaomi) * ''Mi CyberDog II'' *Jennie, a robotic companion animal designed to be a viable option to a real dog for dementia patients made by Tombot.

''Joinmax Digital Robot Dog JM-DOG-001]'', offered as a semi-assembled kit (no soldering required) at $331, it offers a 15 servo-based impressive freedom of motion. Control is possible through a serial connection to the included controller board, or through simple commands sequences stored in memory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pololu.com/products/joinmax/0095/ |title=Joinmax Digital Robot Dog |publisher=Pololu |date= |accessdate=2012-09-12}}</ref> * ''Flip over dogs'' – there are many examples of many flip-over dogs designed to look like robots, such as F.I.D.O and Sparky. {{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

==Dupes== * ''I Robot'', available in three different types i.e. DuoDuo, Lele, QiQi, AIBO knockoffs by Amwell * ''Build Your Own Robo Pup'' An ERS-7 AIBO bootleg

==In fiction== {{see also|List of fictional robots}} [[File:K9 (Dr Who).jpg|thumb|K9 '' (Doctor Who)'' ]]  * ''AMEE'' (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion) a military scouting robot with dog like characteristics in the 2000 film ''Red Planet'' * ''A.R.F'', a robotic dog from ''Puppy Dog Pals'' * ''A.X.L.'', a robotic dog from the film of the same name. * ''Bhakti'', Vanille's pet robot from ''Final Fantasy XIII'' * ''Bolts'', from Alexander Key's 1966 book, small dog whose head was so small the electronic brain needed to be trimmed. * ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'' (Canine Home Protection System) in the eponymous film from 1979. * ''Cyber Mastiffs'', used by the Adeptus Aribites in ''Warhammer 40,000'' * ''Dog'', Alyx's robotic pet, has several canine characteristics and was featured in the video games ''Half-Life 2'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'', and ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two''. * ''Dogbot'', robot dog from the Ford Fiesta commercials * ''Dynomutt'', Blue Falcon's robotic dog from the animated Hanna-Barbera television show. * ''E-cyboPooch'', briefly Professor Dr. Cinnamon J. Scudsworth's robot dog assistant in the 2002 animated show, ''Clone High''. E-cybopooch ultimately reveals himself to be a double agent and is destroyed when Mr. Butlertron, Scudsworth's displaced former assistant, deflects a laser meant for Scudsworth with a pie. * ''EMMI'' (Extraterrestrial Multiform Mobile Identifier), a large doglike robot from ''Metroid Dread'' * ''Fix-it'', a dog-like robot from the Disney Junior show ''Handy Manny''. * ''Fright Hound'' from ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', a robotic Great Dane resembling Scooby-Doo * ''GIR'', crazy alien robot who disguised himself as a green dog in the show ''Invader Zim''. * ''Goddard'', from the Jimmy Neutron movie and TV series. * ''K9'', the Doctor's portable computer and robot, from the British BBC Television series ''Doctor Who'', as well as the spin-offs ''K-9 and Company'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' and ''K-9''. * ''Muffit II'', Daggit from ''Battlestar Galactica''. * ''Preston'', Wendolene's robot dog from the 1995 animated Wallace and Gromit film ''A Close Shave''. Both K-9 and Preston were created by Bob Baker. * ''Rags'', Miles Monroe's pet in the Woody Allen movie ''Sleeper'', who speaks (and woofs) with a human voice. * ''Rat Thing'', from Neal Stephenson's ''Snow Crash'' * ''RIC'' [Robotic Interactive Canine], Power Rangers sidekick / weapon in Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta. * ''Rex'', from ''Roborex'' * ''Robutt'', from Isaac Asimov's short story "A Boy's Best Friend." * ''Robo-Dog'' from ''PAW Patrol'' *''Robo Dog'' from ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action'', a large robotic dog created by the ACME Corporation * ''Rover'', Lunar Jim's Robot dog in the children's animation series of the same name. * ''Rudy'' from ''Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!'', a ghostly robotic dog resembling Scooby-Doo * ''Runner'', a rather large robot in the shape of a dog, pet and loyal friend of Grubb, from the PC role-playing video game ''Septerra Core''. * ''Rush and Treble'' from the ''Mega Man'' classic series * ''Rusty'', from the 1960s ''Swift'' comic strip "The Phantom Patrol". * ''Serendipity Dog'', from the 1960s/70s BBC science-themed children's television series ''Tom Tom''. * ''Slamhounds'', robotic assassins in the novel ''Count Zero'' by William Gibson * ''Sparkplug'', Sari's robot dog, like Hasbro's toys in ''Transformers: Animated''. * In the Super NES video game ''Secret of Evermore'', the protagonist's pet dog takes the form of a robot in some areas. * ''Sparky'', from the 2023 Blumhouse film ''Five Nights at Freddy's''. * ''Spot'', Olie Polie's pet robot dog in ''Rolie Polie Olie''. * ''The Mechanical Hound'', a robotic hunter killer who serves the firemen as a scent hound in the book ''Fahrenheit 451''. Its mouth conceals a syringe containing tranquilizers. * ''Toby'', the robot dog who was the companion of Halo Jones in the classic comic story ''The Ballad of Halo Jones''. * ''Yatterking'', ''Yatterbull'', and ''Yatteryokozuna'' three robotic dogs in ''Yatterman'' * ''FENRIS Mechs'' from ''Mass Effect 2'' and ''Mass Effect 3'', also a DLC dog companion in ME3n * ''Rex'' from ''Fallout: New Vegas'', a "cyberhound" that can be recruited as a companion from The King in Freeside * ''K-9'' from ''Fallout 2'', a "cyberdog" who was created by Dr. Schreber, available as a companion upon the player repairing it. * ''Panzerhund'', a deadly canine-looking robot employed by the Nazis in the ''Wolfenstein'' games from the 2009 game onward. * ''Servo'', a transforming robot emergency-response dog from ''Transformers: Rescue Bots''. * The main villain of ''Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' (2017) has two deadly robot dogs she named Jet and Bennie after the song of her idol Elton John. * The 2017 ''Black Mirror'' episode "Metalhead" features a woman pursued by a deadly robotic dog, similar in design to the BigDog robot manufactured by Boston Dynamics. * Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated feature ''Isle of Dogs'' features dog robots employed by the antagonists to assist their rescue teams and are later proposed as pets to replace real dogs. * ''Blade Wolf'', an AI (artificial intelligence) wolf-like robot created by World Marshal, an antagonistic private military company featured in the 2013 Konami video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

==In art== *Fairfield Industrial Dog Object, FIDO large animated Fairfield Australian dog sculpture

==In music== * MC Chris wrote a song named robotdog, describing his adventures with his robotic Aibo that takes over his life.

== Open source == * Open dog - open source robot by James Bruton<ref>{{Cite web |title=OpenDog |url=https://hackaday.com/tag/opendog/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}}</ref> * LOTP Robot Dog V.2 by Halid YILDIRIM (open source)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halid |first=YILDIRIM |title=LOTP Robot Dog V.2 |url=https://www.halidyildirim.com/lotp-robotdog-prototype-2}}</ref>

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