beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employeeswww.wbur.orgexternal-linkmessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 days agoI mean…up to this point they’ve been used as advanced scouts in disaster areas, as well as equipment carriers for rough terrain. Non violent functions.
minus-squareedible_funk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days agoDidn’t they have videos of guns strapped to these things like ten years ago? This was obviously always gonna be how they’re used.
minus-squareHandMadeArtisanRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 days agoThat was Ghost Robotics. Different company
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoYear I view it kind of like firearms. You can say you have one for self defence but they’re used more for crime and war and hunting.
I mean…up to this point they’ve been used as advanced scouts in disaster areas, as well as equipment carriers for rough terrain. Non violent functions.
Didn’t they have videos of guns strapped to these things like ten years ago? This was obviously always gonna be how they’re used.
That was Ghost Robotics. Different company
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Year I view it kind of like firearms. You can say you have one for self defence but they’re used more for crime and war and hunting.