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Chinese company Unitree is unleashing robotic dogs to fight fires in all kinds of real-world disaster scenarios.

“Sellafield Ltd has pioneered the adoption of technology across its operations, and this latest milestone is another step forward for the role of robotics in decommissioning,” AtkinsRéalis’ lead ...

The Chinese military recently unveiled a new kind of battle buddy for its soldiers: a “robot dog” with a machine gun strapped to its back. In video distributed by the state-run news agency CCTV, ...

If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to order the flame-throwing robot that Ohio-based Throwflame first announced last summer, that day has finally arrived. The Thermonator, what Throwflame ...

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, ...

The US Secret Service has deployed a Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog to patrol president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago ...