“What the heck is this thing!?” is what Juno, a cocker spaniel-terrier mix, might have been thinking when he met his first robot dog in Downtown Brooklyn at NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Research Excellence Exhibit on April 28. Eagle photo by Mary Frost
Last week Juno, a happy-go-lucky cocker spaniel-terrier mix, met his first robot dog in Downtown Brooklyn — and you didn’t need to be a dog whisperer to know what Juno was thinking.
“What the heck is this barkin’ thing!?” was the rough translation.
This “thing” was Robodog, and it was one of dozens of technological projects on display to the public at NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s outdoor Research Excellence Exhibit in Brooklyn Commons (formerly known as MetroTech) on Friday, April 28.
The event was a tech enthusiast’s paradise: cutting-edge projects included a lunar excavator, a mountain…
