Petoi Robot Dog Bittle
As impressive as Boston Dynamics’ robot SPOT dog is, few of us have $74,500 to spend on a robotic pet. Petoi might be the next best thing. Small enough to sit on your hand, it’s more like a robotic puppy. It’s able to walk around on four articulated legs like SPOT can, but is a tiny bit more affordable at $259 for a DIY kit version you build yourself, or a $269 pre-built option that diminishes some of the educational STEM value. Petoi is programmable and controllable through an app, but also open source and upgradeable, so you can try your hand at making it act and behave even more doglike—even if that just means barking at the mailman every morning.
