Cute DogBot Companion?

I've always loved "Spot" the robot dog that is being developed by robotics masters Boston Dynamics.

I've also always loved it in games when you get a dog companion who runs around with you and helps you out in all sorts of ways. As Control Yourself is populated by robots, what better companion than a robot dog for the player to make friends with and adventure together with.

So yesterday I knocked up a quick model using all my "coder art" skills ... and as you can see I've clearly nailed it.

I re-used some of my procedurally driven leg code so that DogBot can pretty much walk around straight away. I then added a very simple controller class to make DogBot follow the player around. I was eager to see this in the game so I booted it up and was surprised at how sinister it felt for poor old JoyBot as they are followed around by these DogBots.