Meet Waldog, the robotic canine that roams Monterrey’s streets with a message 

A four-legged robot canine spotted precocious connected the streets of the Monterrey metropolitan area doesn’t bite, slobber oregon marque messes connected the sidewalk.

Rather, the robotic Waldog captivates residents portion championing carnal payment with a distinctly metallic bark.

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Sporting a beagle-like physique and equipped with artificial intelligence, Waldog patrols neighborhoods, drafting the attraction of children and adults wherever helium roams. (Reuters and different quality outlets usage antheral pronouns erstwhile referring to Waldog.)

His ngo is to talk up connected behalf of existent canines, and to beforehand adoption and respect for each species. 

“Hi, I’m Waldog, and I’m present to springiness a dependable to those who don’t person one, the small animals who unrecorded connected the streets,” the automaton said successful Spanish to a radical of smiling residents during his authoritative debut successful the Santa Catarina vicinity past week.

The brainchild of national Sen. Waldo Fernández González, an carnal rights advocator from Monterrey, the superior of Nuevo León, Waldog represents a fusion of exertion and activism seldom seen successful nationalist spaces.

Hoy recorrí Santa Catarina acompañado de “Waldog”, un perro robot con inteligencia artificial que adoptamos simbólicamente para lanzar una campaña de concientización sobre el bienestar animal. pic.twitter.com/RHNgCR8aRN

— Waldo Fernández (@FdzWaldo) July 4, 2025

Fernández — who reportedly utilized his ain wealth to acquisition the robot for astir US $4,000 — named the “pet” arsenic a play connected his ain name. He operates the instrumentality via distant control.

“The main nonsubjective of innovation should beryllium to physique amended solutions for communal problems,” Fernández said. “In that sense, carnal payment is an contented that is presently 1 of people’s main concerns, but 1 that we sometimes don’t cognize however to solve. With Waldog, we privation to scope caller generations, physique assemblage and foster a civilization of attraction and responsibility.”

Fernández, 54, was elected to a six-year term, his first, successful the Mexican Senate past year, and now, according to media reports, has his sights acceptable connected becoming the politician of Nuevo León successful the 2027 elections, or, failing that, the politician of Monterrey.

In that regard, possibly Waldog is thing of a public-relations gimmick  — but fewer judge he’s conscionable a showpiece.

As Fernández has explained, the robot canine tin place litter and potholes connected Monterrey’s streets, cheque connected different stray dogs and assistance registry them, and interact straight with radical done a affable dependable and precocious designation systems.

He tin besides easy basal up connected his hind legs, and helium adjacent has his ain Instagram account and Facebook page.

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Since aboriginal July, earlier his authoritative unveiling past week, helium had been making abbreviated appearances here and there, including “My archetypal sojourn to the Senate of the Republic,” which Waldog himself posted to Instagram connected July 29.

His tech pedigree is impressive: The Unitree Go2 PRO, a exemplary from Chinese robotics steadfast Unitree, gives Waldog cutting-edge autonomy, acknowledgment to 4D L1 LIDAR that enables 360-degree navigation and distant cognition from up to 100 meters away.

In 1 symbolic motion to spark liable favored adoption, Waldog was adjacent “adopted” by a section veterinarian during his debut.

Fernández said helium plans to deploy Waldog astatine schools, plazas and working-class neighborhoods crossed the Monterrey metro area — each with the anticipation of inspiring empathy, liable ownership and assemblage attraction for animals.

The senator’s Waldog run arrives arsenic robotic dogs stitchery attraction worldwide for their versatile roles.

In summation to activism, akin robots are utilized successful hunt and rescue operations and are being developed by U.S. authorities for borderline patrol betwixt the United States and Mexico.

Waldog’s packed docket includes dozens of planned vicinity visits and, of course, ample clip posing for selfies with caller friends.

With reports from Reuters, Infobae, ABC Noticias and Aristegui Noticias