A San Francisco startup is offering people $20 an hour to walk robot dogs through the city’s streets.

Based in the city’s Dogpatch district, robotics startup Dimensional posted a job advertisement seeking people to operate four-legged robots for shifts lasting four to six hours.

The robots, which are manufactured by Chinese robotics firm Unitree and cost around $2,000, can be controlled through a handheld remote or phone application.

Hopeful applicants are not required to have any prior experience with dogs or robots, though a since-deleted job listing said they must be comfortable handling equipment weighing 15kg (33lb).

If the robot dogs overheat or stop working during the walks, the human handler is expected to carry the machines back to the company’s office.

"Start right away and get paid right after each completed shift.…