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How China trains your robot dog
In the tech arena, how well four legs fare matters in the two-legged race.
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A BabyAlpha robot dog at a mall in Beijing that specialises in the sale of humanoids and other robots.
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Catherine Thorbecke
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Humanoid robots have been getting a lot of buzz in 2025. But quadrupeds – the mechanical “dogs” – are emerging as the true proving ground for embodied artificial intelligence.
These four-legged machines have an edge over their upright cousins in stability and agility, making them better suited for real-world deployment. They are the “most advanced general-purpose robots today”, according to a report released last week from Semianalysis.
