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. For other uses, see Robot (disambiguation) ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog is a mammal in the order Carnivora. ... Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation. ...

In fiction

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.

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Toys

• Teksta Popular in the 1990s, this toy was intended to be able to perform card tricks and respond to commands.
• Aibo (Sony)
• Poo-Chi (Tiger Electronics)
• Bow-wow
• I-Cybie (Silverlit Electronics)
• iDog (Hasbro)
• Hasbro Oye I-Dog
• Rocket (Fisher Price)
• Tekno (Manley Toys)
• Robopet (WowWee)
• The Bureau of Inverse Technology re-engineer commercially available robotic toy dogs for semi-autonomous deployment, alone and in packs.

The AIBO ERS-7 resembles a small dog AIBO (Artificial Intelligence roBOt, also means love or attachment in Japanese) is one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony; there have been several different models since their introduction in 1999. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Poo-Chi is (arguably) a robot dog, created by Tiger Toys after the success of the Furby. ... Tiger logo Tiger Electronics is a USA-based toys manufacturer, best known for the Furby and Giga Pets. ... I-Cybie is a dog robot that answers simple commands via remote control. ... iDog is a robotic dog designed and manufactured by Sega Toys. ... Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) is an American toy and game company. ... Fisher-Price is a well-known brand of toys, with headquarters located in historic East Aurora, New York. ... Robopet The Robopet is a robotic dog produced by WowWee that is based on the biomorphic work of Mark W. Tilden. ... WowWee Ltd. ... The Bureau of Inverse Technology [bit and sometimes BIT] is an organisation of artist-engineers whos stated aim is to be an information agency servicing the Information Age. Bureau engineers, so-called BIT agents, are involved from design to deployment and documentation of radical products based on commercially available...

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.