Animal Bots · Part of The Humanoid Group
About Animal Bots
Animal Bots covers robot dogs, marine robots, robot pets, dinosaur robots and other bio-inspired machines, for work, research and play. The Humanoid Group publishes the site.
Sources we rely on
- Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 on the safety of toys — European Union (EUR-Lex).
The EU's new toy safety law, which repeals Directive 2009/48/EC and covers robot toys sold for children. - Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 (Cyber Resilience Act) — European Union (EUR-Lex).
EU cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements, such as app-connected robots. - The UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Product Security) regime — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (GOV.UK).
UK security rules for connectable consumer products: no default passwords, a flaw-reporting route, stated update periods. - Service robots — International Federation of Robotics.
IFR definition of service robots, with pointers to its annual World Robotics statistics on service robot sales. - Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip — MIT News.
MIT's small quadruped, built from commercially available motors as a shared platform for legged robot research. - Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 — Office for Product Safety and Standards (GOV.UK).
Guidance on the duties of toy manufacturers, importers and distributors selling in Great Britain. - Embodied intelligence for sustainable flight: a soaring robot with active morphological control — npj Robotics (Elmkaiel et al.).
Bird-inspired robot that holds position in rising air by changing its shape, using little power.