GoKawiilChinese Solar-Panel Cleaning Drone Filmed Spraying Dog with Water
A viral video shows a large quadcopter drone equipped with hose attachments hovering over a dog in Linyi, Shandong province, and dousing it with water while the animal wags its tail. The clip reportedly stems from a demonstration by a Chinese company that builds drones designed to clean solar panels, though the exact company and video's authenticity remain unverified.
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China leads the world in solar capacity, with nearly 1,300 gigawatts installed, creating enormous demand for efficient ways to maintain panels across sprawling installations like its 162-square-mile Tibetan Plateau solar farm. Drones like this one point to a growing robotics industry solving that maintenance problem, even as the footage stirs half-joking fears about surveillance or crowd-control applications for such aerial spraying tech.
- The viral video reportedly shows a solar-panel-cleaning drone demonstration, not a dedicated pet-washing device.
- China's massive solar capacity, nearly 1,300 gigawatts, drives demand for automated cleaning tools like drones and rooftop robots.
- The video's exact origin and the company behind it remain unverified despite widespread online circulation.
Source: futurism.com — Frank Landymore, 2026-09-20
Published there as: “Video Shows Huge Drone Descending on Unsuspecting Dog and Blasting It With Water”
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