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
- 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.
[edit] Toys
- Teksta Popular in the 1990s, this toy was intended to be able to perform card tricks and respond to commands.
- Aibo (The Sony robot dog)
- Poo-Chi(Tiger Electronics's toy dog)
- Bow-wow
- I-Cybie
- iDog
- Hasbro Oye I-Dog
- Rocket (Fisher Price's robot dog)