It's happened: those weird robot dogs you see on Twitter finally got their first real job. These "dogs" from Boston Dynamics now guard the ruins of the ancient Italian city of Pompeii. But what are ...

Cutting-edge technology is being utilized in one of the world’s great ancient ruins. A canine robot named Spot, built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinoff engineering and robotics ...

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot has been tasked with a new job - patrolling the ancient ruins of Pompeii. The robot will be used to inspect the site for safety issues and record structural changes ...

SPOT the robodog struts through the ruins of Pompeii, keeping an eye out for trespassers. It’s also gathering data on the structural integrity of the site. A four-legged contraption is now patrolling ...

Spot's current mission at Pompeii is to monitor hard-to-access areas of the sprawling ruins - Copyright AFP RIZWAN TABASSUM Spot's current mission at Pompeii is to ...

The nearby volcano blackened the sky and swallowed the city in clouds of ash; centuries later, robot dogs now prowl the ruins, guarding the city’s dead against the ravages of time. That’s not a movie ...

A familiar four-legged friend is keeping watch on Pompeii’s ruins with dogged determination. A canine robot dubbed Spot, built by the robotics company Boston Dynamics, has been deployed among the ...

For years, tomb raiders targeted what remains of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy, digging tunnels underground to steal and traffic artifacts from its lavish homes, some of which date back ...