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A cowboy hat-wearing robot is running around Austin handing out compliments


A rootin' tootin' cowboy, a $16K Unitree robot named Jake, is taking on Texas and dishing out heavy-handed compliments. Here's what we know.

A new rootin' tootin' cowboy is taking on Texas, but he's more interested in dishing out heavy-handed compliments than he's apt to ride a horse through the Wild West. The robot says his name is "Jake the Rizzbot" and sports a cowboy hat, chain, pair of Nike sneakers and sticker across the chest that reads, "In Training." Muffled giggles can be heard on the other side of the camera as a pair of young women laugh in the background of the video posted by Instagram user Jesse Hernandez.

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