Ma Jie, chief technology officer for Weilan, walks an AlphaDog at the company workshop in Nanjing. Photo: AFP Ma Jie, chief technology officer for Weilan, walks an AlphaDog at the company workshop in Nanjing. Photo: AFP
Ma Jie, chief technology officer for Weilan, walks an AlphaDog at the company workshop in Nanjing. Photo: AFP
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Tech firm’s robo-dogs have their day in China as pet ownership booms

  • AlphaDog uses sensors and artificial intelligence technology to ‘hear’ and ‘see’ and can be taken for walks
  • Its Nanjing-based developers are targeting the consumer market and hope it can benefit the visually impaired in the future

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Updated: 5:40pm, 8 Apr, 2021

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Ma Jie, chief technology officer for Weilan, walks an AlphaDog at the company workshop in Nanjing. Photo: AFP Ma Jie, chief technology officer for Weilan, walks an AlphaDog at the company workshop in Nanjing. Photo: AFP
Ma Jie, chief technology officer for Weilan, walks an AlphaDog at the company workshop in Nanjing. Photo: AFP
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