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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Fire-extinguisher robot dogs in 3, 2, ...

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah, no. Saving people sounds like a waste of money. How can we monetize saving them? Their deaths are way more lucrative.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 6 months ago

They already have Spot dogs that can do fire supression. But they need the mechanical arm that the newer revisions introduced.

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

That was the excuse dog to make this dog possible. Please pay attention when safety robots are announced.