Robot-Dog Walkers Wanted, $20 an Hour
October 27th, 2026Via: Digital Trends:
San Francisco startup Dimensional advertised for people to walk robot dogs through city streets. The New York Times reported that the job could include carrying a roughly 33-pound robot back to the office if it overheated. A lift home is an awkward requirement for a labor-saving machine.
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The now-deleted ad described four to six hours of walking, with no previous experience required. The dogs used in the experiment were $2,000 machines from Chinese manufacturer Unitree, controllable through a handheld remote or mobile app.
The walkers steer while the robots’ cameras and sensors record the journey. Those demonstrations give Dimensional examples of human navigation to help improve its autonomous systems. The babysitting serves a purpose, even if the trainee occasionally needs carrying.
