Robot dog uses sensors, cameras and artificial intelligence to perceive and navigate surroundings. Agnieszka Pilat is not your typical artist. She doesn't use brushes, pencils or even her own hands to create her artwork. Pilat, who was born in Poland and now lives in the U.S., spent months teaching three of these four-legged machines named Basia, Vanya and Bunny to hold a paintbrush in their "mouths" and move them across a large canvas, turning the paint into abstract art. They use sensors, cameras and artificial intelligence to perceive and navigate their surroundings.

Although Pilat works with the robots daily, she told The Guardian that she still doesn't fully understand them, so she works with Boston Dynamics engineers to shape the robot dogs' personalities. Together, Pilat and the engineers use AI, software, and machine learning to train the robots and even use Basia as a surrogate pet, frequently taking it for walks around New York. Basia is the'serious one,' Pilat told The Guardian, adding that the robot dog will paint about one canvas every three days, while Vanya is the'mother of the group' and paces around the studio. Meanwhile, Bunny's vanity often wins out, and it will continuously pose in front of a wall designed for selfies.