Robot dog

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Robot dog refers to a robot in the shape of a dog, or one which has other canine characteristics (such as a barking dog burglar alarm activated by disturbance of an infra-red beam). Such dogs have appeared often both in fiction, and in the form of toys.

[edit] In Fiction

K-9, the robot dog from Doctor Who
K-9, the robot dog from Doctor Who
  • Goddard, from the Jimmy Neutron Movie and TV series.
  • K-9, the Doctor's portable computer and robot, from the British BBC Television series Doctor Who, as well as the spinoffs K-9 and Company and K-9 Adventures.
  • Muffit II, the 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.
  • Rover, Lunar Jim's Robot dog in the children's animation series of the same name.
  • Toby, the robot dog who was the companion of Halo Jones in the classic comic story The Ballad Of Halo Jones.
  • C.H.O.M.P.S.(Canine Home Protection System) played by Benji in the eponymous film from 1979, also starring Wesley Eure and Valerie Bertinelli
  • Runner, a rather large robot in the shape of a dog, pet and loyal friend of Grubb, from the PC RPG Septerra Core.
  • RIC [Robotic Interactive Canine]is the dog sidekick and doubles as a weapon for the Power Rangers is in Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta.
  • Dogbot, the dumb robot dog from the Ford Fiesta commercials
  • Mr. Fuzzy from the Internet webcomic Dandy and Company
  • Rush and Treble from the megaman classic series
  • Dog, the robotic pet of Alyx had several canine characteristics and was featured in the video game Half-life 2 as well as Half-Life 2: Episode One
  • "The Mechanical Hound", a robotic hunter killer in the book Fahrenheit 451
  • "AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion)" a military scouting robot with dog like characteristics in the 2000 film Red Planet

[edit] Toys

semi-autonomous deployment, alone and in packs.

[edit] In Music

  • mc chris wrote a song named robotdog, describing his adventures with his robotic Aibo that takes over his life.
  • Robot Dog is the name of a postrock musical group.
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