'Do not pet': Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago?

Video of Spot strutting around the property has gone viral on TikTok - where reactions range from calling them cool and cute, to creepy - and become fodder for jokes on American late night television. But its mission is no laughing matter. "Safeguarding the president-elect is a top priority," said Anthony Guglielmi, US Secret Service chief of communications, in a statement to the BBC. In the months leading up to the US presidential election, Trump was the target of two apparent assassination attempts. The first took place at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania and the other occurred at the Mar-a-Lago golf course in September.