Elon Musk Robot Dog Found Wandering Streets Of San Francisco
A deeply unsettling robot dog bearing the eerily realistic face of Elon Musk was spotted mid-walkies on the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday, April 8.
The robot is part of the Regular Animals project by Beeple, aka Mike Winkelmann, created in collaboration with mask-maker Hyperflesh and built on Unitree Go2 robot dogs.
Art foundation NODE told WIRED the robots were taken out on a walk to promote Beeple’s upcoming exhibition in Palo Alto.
Other versions of the robot dog feature the faces of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Beeple himself.
Released on 04/09/2026
Transcript
[device beeping]
[Lauren] What are...
Do you speak?
Oh. Oh my God.
What?
Why is it doing that?
It keeps doing that.
[Speaker] Why is it waving at you?
Yes. Maybe it likes you.
[Lauren] But it doesn't talk.
I have some questions I'd like to ask him.
It seems rather petulant.
[device beeping]
It would be hilarious if it stepped in the poop right now.
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