“Incredibly playful”: Ukraine’s defence minister posts video of robot dog that can demine Ukrainian land
Pravda Ukraine
Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has released a video of a robot dog that is used for humanitarian missions, including mine clearance.
Source: Oleksii Reznikov
Details: The robot is able to imitate the behaviour of real dogs – in the video, the robot playfully crouches on its front and back “paws” while the minister sits opposite and says “palianytsia” [a traditional Ukrainian bun; this word is difficult for Russians to pronounce correctly, so is used as a shibboleth – ed.