Robot Dog Pulls an Avanti Evo – in Genoa.

With all the hype over Urban Air Taxis, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and eVTOLs, sometimes it is much more enjoyable to watch when the creative genius of the human brain can create something truly extraordinary but apparently simple.

What if an Italian University created a robotic walking dog which could pull an Avanti Evo business aircraft weighing well over 3 tonnes with no human assistance?

A team of Italian engineers and scientists have created such an “animal”. The successful results, seen in the attached video, can only be admired and applauded.

The robot dog is well matched of course by the remarkable and still unique Piaggio Aerospace Avanti aircraft, itself a wonderful creation from the 1980’s and well before its time in terms of radical design and aerodynamic innovation. The current iteration, the Avanti Evo, is still going strong today in spite of some recent corporate turbulence. In many ways, it is still ahead of its time.

Sonny from I,Robot won’t lose any sleep though and it’s unlikely this Italian robotic walking dog will replace aircraft tugs any time soon but very well done nonetheless to all the good folks in Genoa who made this happen.