A familiar four-legged friend is keeping watch on Pompeii’s ruins with dogged determination.A canine robot dubbed “Spot,” built by the robotics company Boston Dynamics, has been deployed among the terracotta ruins, which were buried under ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The dextrous creature, recognized worldwide for its inexplicably freaky movements, will collect terrain data with the help of a laser-scanning drone and will also deter tomb robbers by sniffing out illicit underground tunnels.
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