Meet the AI-powered robotic dog ready to help with emergency response

Developed by Texas A&M University engineering students, this AI-powered robotic dog doesn't just follow commands. Designed to navigate chaos with precision, the robot could help revolutionize search-and-rescue missions, disaster response and many other emergency operations. Sandun Vitharana, an engineering technology master's student, and Sanjaya Mallikarachchi, an interdisciplinary engineering doctoral student, spearheaded the invention of the robotic dog. It can process voice commands and uses AI and camera input to perform path planning and identify objects. A roboticist would describe it as a terrestrial robot that uses a memory-driven navigation system powered by a multimodal large language model (MLLM).