World of the Bizarre

Self-isolating man uses drone to walk his dog

By T.K. Randall
March 25, 2020

Image: Cute Puppy
Credit: Hebrew Matio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) In the second movie of the 'Back to the Future' trilogy, Marty visits the futuristic year of 2015 where, among others things, we see a dog being walked down the street by an autonomous floating leash.

While we haven't quite caught up with this idea in 2020, one social media user - Vakis Demetriou -recently revealed the next best thing - a video showing him walking his dog using a drone.Taking full advantage of the tools available to him at a time when going out isn't an option, Vakis, who hails from Cyprus, decided to tie the dog's lead to a small remote-controlled drone and have it walk the animal down the street outside his house while he controlled it from his garden.

While the practically of doing this on a daily basis is questionable, it at least demonstrates that the idea of having a machine take over dog-walking duties is not all that far-fetched.

"Stay home to be safe but don't forget your dog's happiness," he wrote.


Source: New Zealand Herald

Tags: Dog, Drone