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Dimensional hires human handlers to walk robot dogs
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Story summary
- Dimensional, a U.S. startup, hired San Francisco workers to walk robot dogs for $20/hour.
- Shift lasted four-six hours walking a 33-pound Unitree robot dog on sidewalks.
- Dimensional required applicants to have a smartphone and provided safety training before each shift.
- Founder Stash Formicter said AI agents struggle with hardware control, making handlers necessary.
- Dimensional will use the data to improve its dimOS, amid safety, privacy, weaponization concerns and police threats.