April 18, 2026, 6:57 p.m. ET Some unsettling dog-bots, one with an artificial face of Elon Musk, are now on display in a Palo Alto art center. The little androids had been spotted scurrying around San Francisco earlier this month. NODE, the name of the Palo Alto digital art center, says they are “proud” to exhibit the bot, which has four legs with a Musk head attached to it with no facial expression. A video shows the tan-colored bot do little but trot around and wave at people. An Elon Musk-headed robot dog was roaming San Francisco this week to promote Beeple’s new Palo Alto exhibition. NODE “NODE is a home for artists defining digital culture today. Beeple’s Regular Animals are a physical embodiment of that culture, and we’re proud to bring a piece of it here to Silicon Valley,” a NODE representative told The San Francisco Chronicle. “Sending Elon into the streets is a way to bring that energy into public life ahead of the exhibition opening,” they added. “The reaction has been exactly what Beeple’s work does so well: it stops people in their tracks and gets them talking.” Explore More