<img width="578" height="399" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?fit=578%2C399&strip=all" alt="MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MARCH 14, 2021: A child approaches an A1 robot dog by Unitree Robotics during a presentation event at Depo Moscow Food Mall. Unitree Robotics is a China-based start-up company that develops and manufactures quadruped robots. Robot dogs are designed to help patrol and explore areas, render maps, and fulfil logistic and research objectives. They can also be kept at home as ordinary pets. Valery Sharifulin/TASSEDITORIAL USE ONLY; NO COMMERCIAL USE; NO ADVERTISING (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)" loading="lazy" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=1024&strip=all 1024w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=300&strip=all 300w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=768&strip=all 768w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=800&strip=all 800w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=780&strip=all 780w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=578&strip=all 578w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1231721374.jpg?w=930&strip=all 930w" sizes="(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px">For decades, one-armed robots have performed highly scripted tasks. Soon we'll see robots with more autonomy.<a href="https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/04/the-lessons-we-learn-from-self-driving-will-drive-our-robotics-future/" target="_blank">Read More</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/venturebeat/SZYF/~4/sAgBvUfly4U" height="1" width="1" alt="">
