Google's robot dog meets a real dog and gets trash-talked - CNET

Here, then, is one little dog who encounters a robodog that's a lot bigger. The robot canine is Spot. It was created by Boston Dynamics, a company owned by Google.

You might remember Spot. He was going to go to war with the Marines, but was ultimately rejected for being too noisy.

But here he is wandering around a neighborhood, trying to make friends.

As Spot prances around like a preening pony doing the dressage at the Olympics, the real dog barks and barks as if to say, "Get off my lawn."

The real dog isn't cowed. He chases Spot all over the parking lot. He stares it down.

Last week, Boston Dynamics posted video of a humanoid robot that got pushed down but kept getting up again. The humanoid wasn't to be denied.