Cyberdogs

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2025

Chinese cyberdog set a record for running 100 meters

The four-legged White Rhino robot, developed by Zhejiang University, set a new Guinness World Record in the 100-meter sprint discipline among robots, covering the distance in 16.33 seconds. The result surpassed the previous achievement of the South Korean robot Hound, which showed a time of 19.87 seconds, improving the record by more than three seconds. This was announced on August 13, 2025 by Zhejiang University. Read more here.

A cyberdog has been released to work in greenhouses

Unitree Robotics has introduced a four-legged consumer class Go2 robot adapted for use in greenhouse farms and monitoring plant growing conditions. The $1600 robotic device is equipped with specialized cameras and agricultural sensors to monitor the state of seedlings in real time. This was announced by the company on July 25, 2025. Read more here

The world's first cyberdog with a rocket launcher is presented

Turkish defense company Roketsan has demonstrated an innovative four-legged unmanned platform Koz, which has become the world's first robotic dog with the ability to launch missiles. The unique development was presented on July 22, 2025. Read more here.

Sales of cyberdogs for patrolling enterprises began. They "sniff out" gas and chemical leaks and change batteries on their own

In late July 2025, Jason announced the release of DroneDog robotic dogs to patrol businesses. These AI guards can be paired with drones called the Guardian. Read more here.

2024

Detention in Moscow of a robop who worked as a drug courier

In early December 2024, it became known that the police detained in Moscow the first robop in Russia to act as a drug courier. Illegal substances were reportedly found in containers secured to the dog's back.

According to reports, the robotic four-legged courier was spotted near the Pechatniki metro station on the Big Ring Line. Robops neatly moved along the streets, observing the rules of the road: for example, he crossed the roadway exclusively at pedestrian crossings. However, his walks along the capital's streets with the apparent absence of the owner aroused suspicion among local residents. In addition, convolutions tied to the back with some contents caused concern. As a result, some vigilant citizens turned to the police.

A few minutes after the alarm calls, DPS officers arrived at the scene, who easily stopped the robotic dog. When the law enforcement officers approached, as noted, the mechanized courier did not try to hide, and when inspecting the robot, the signal lights and the connection with the operator turned off: this may indicate that the owner of the dog was nearby and watched what was happening from the side.

Powdery substances were found in containers mounted on the back of the robot. According to network resources, the logo of one of the darknet platforms, which distributes illegal drugs, was applied to the dog's torso. What kind of substances were contained in containers, as of December 2, 2024, nothing was reported.

After examining the contents of the bags, employees found a powder similar to drugs. After that, the robot turned off and went into protection mode, probably to destroy internal information about the route, Komsomolskaya Pravda notes. [1]

Sales of cyberdog capable of walking underwater have begun

In mid-October 2024, the Polish company MAB Robotics introduced the Honey Badger robotic dog. The peculiarity of the dog is that it can move on four legs even under water. Read more here.

A cyberdog with a built-in vacuum cleaner for cleaning is presented. Video

In July 2024, researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology introduced a robotic dog called VERO (Vacuum-cleaner Equipped RObot). Its peculiarity lies in the presence of a built-in vacuum cleaner for cleaning garbage. Read more here

"EuroChem" began to use cyberdogs in mines

EuroChem introduced the use of robotic dogs in the mines of the Usolsky potash plant for monitoring and surveying mine workings. This became known at the end of June 2024 after the completion of successful tests of innovative equipment. Read more here.

2022: Moscow State Real Estate Inspectorate adopts robotic dogs to detect violations

The State Inspectorate for Real Estate of Moscow is testing the use of cyberdogs to collect information about urban areas and identify violations in the use of real estate objects, and in the near future plans to begin to actively apply them. Vladislav Ovchinsky, head of the Moscow State Real Estate Inspectorate, spoke about this in March. Read more here.

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