Researchers with the University of Maryland are turning a dog they nicknamed Spot into a robot that can assess patients at mass casualty scenes.

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – He can sit, stay and even shake — just like any well-trained dog. But that’s where the similarities end. The Los Angeles Police Department has deployed its newest crimefighting ...

It’s not every day that a robot dog walks into the State Capitol. But at the first Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) Day, the University of New Haven turned heads with SPOT, the agile, ...

The US Secret Service has introduced an unlikely, high-tech addition to its security: a robotic dog named Spot, built by Boston Dynamics. Just recently, it was photographed patrolling the boundary of ...

In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland's RoboScout Team arrived first, scanning the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police across the Portland metro area have a new tool to help on some of their most dangerous calls. It's a robotic dog named "Spot." The four-legged quadruped is made by Boston ...

Dog-like robots the likes of the Boston Dynamics Spot have been around for so long now that they don't scare us as much as they used to. Yet, I can't help getting shivers down my spine every time I ...

Portland area police agencies now have a $150,000 robot “dog” at their disposal for bomb disposal, hostage situations and other scenarios that could be too dangerous to send a human. The Boston ...