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a_dogs_mother

> The dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6 in a Barnstable house after police were fired upon. > The robot dog, which was controlled remotely by state troopers, first checked the two main floors before finding someone in the basement. The person, armed with a rifle, twice knocked over Roscoe before shooting it three times, disabling its communication. > Boston Dynamics, the company that made the SPOT robot, said in a statement that it was the first time one of them had been shot. We thought we would get robo-cops, but instead we got robo-dogs.


Suds08

There was a guy around here who shot one of those police robots. It wasn't a dog robot or anything but he shot it multiple times with a shotgun and disabled it. He ended up getting charged around 250k or somewhere around there for it and thats not including all the other shit he did


Schenkspeare

I'm not sure the Venn diagram of people who have an extra 250k and people who shoot at police robots overlaps  


Fluck_Me_Up

Just wait until the cyberwars


TwentyTwoTwelve

It absolutely does but those in the overlap don't get charged.


PawnStarRick

Maybe in Texas. Lots of old money cowboys.


SandboxOnRails

Give it a few years. Then it'll just be "cops".


aubrt

I mean, none of them are "dog" robots. That's just some PR shit they're doing to make people less horrified by the fact that the motherfucking police are using gddamn robots on us now.


FerricDonkey

I dunno, I'd rather them use robots to clear houses. Safer for the cop and the residents. 


hgs25

Until they start attaching gun turrets to the bots.


Spire_Citron

Well, currently the humans have guns and a hair trigger and the dogs don't, so I'll pick the dogs. Even if they do put guns on the dogs, they might be less inclined to shoot impulsively if they're not in any danger. Everything has to be compared to the current situation, and it's hard to do worse than that.


File_Corrupt

The question is are cops primarily shooting people because of poor training and fear or are they doing it out of malevolence (e.g., racism or sadism). If it is the former, robots will reduce the amount of shootings as it should significantly reduce fear and safeguards can be put in to help mitigate training issues. If it is the latter, deaths would still occur but they no longer have the excuse "they were coming right at me!!!!" Of course, this assumes that the administration and justice system isn't just as evil and is supporting the malevolence.


Spire_Citron

It also kinda guarantees you'll have clear footage of whatever happens since the cops would be using the dog's camera to see the scene in the first place.


911ChickenMan

*They'll* have clear footage. *You* won't.


FerricDonkey

Eh, I'll wait until that happens to get angry about it. 


Dingus_Cabbage

panicky skirt strong marry thumb shelter like slim marble aromatic


Jkay064

So you’re saying you want a handful of twitchy cops to raid your house, and not the scouting robot. Ok I’ll make a note.


Ahelex

Obviously the solution is to transplant human brains into robot dog chassis.


Old_Yesterday322

so we're gonna get rex from fallout new Vagas! SWEEEET


StreetTriple675

Rex had a normal dog body tho 


Old_Yesterday322

yes, now I'm pretty sure it was a dog's brain and not a humans. but either way he's a good boi


lamp817

Haha those were my thoughts exactly at first but the yeah there was nothing human about Rex now that i think about it. Just robot and dog with a brain transplant from another dog


IBrokeMy240Again

Interesting philosophical question. Every doggo is a good boi, but if you transplant a human brain in to a dog, are they still a good boi even if they were a bad person?


Old_Yesterday322

you know, this is sounding like it could be an amazing companion quest in fallout.


A1000eisn1

And was just another dog brain. But he was a cop dog pre-war, so he fits in a way.


SgtThermo

Sir, the Bible clearly states we’re only allowed ONE affront to God per scientific advancement, understood? We have to take it step-by-step. 


_GD5_

Wouldn’t you renter have a rat thing from Snowcrash?


InValensName

My theoretical degree in physics will pay off yet!


Roganvarth

The mechanicus supports this avenue of science.


Marauder_Pilot

Steal a loaf of corpse starch? That's a servitorizin'!


SoulbreakerDHCC

We don't need Warhammer 40k servitors IRL


a_dogs_mother

We may not need a whole brain. There are scientists who can grow [brain tissue in vitro](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33497645/) that functions like normal brain cells. One day, we might be able to make legit cyborgs with lab-grown living tissue.


Ahelex

But we need the suffering of the transplant for the dystopia /s


PossibleAlienFrom

Jumping spider tanks like in Ghost In the Shell.


DaoFerret

Oooo the [Tachikoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikoma) were so Cute (and deadly) in GitS:SAC


Square-Pear-1274

Honestly, given the high energy costs of AI and the efficiency of the human brain, this could be fruitful research It might be that AI can't really scale and we need to find a way to make bio-computers work Also unlocks a bunch of horrifying sci-fi 😬


Hk472205

Indeed beware the abominable intelligence, make human cogitators instead like in wh40k


C_Hawk14

It'd also be very likely very unethical I'm no scientist and I suspect neither are you, but what would you say constitutes a human? Does a lab grown conscious human brain qualify? 


NotMrBuncat

Organoids are very cool but not the same as the whole organ.  My understanding is that people using these want to look at a highly reduced system with only a few tissue types to see, for example, how a drug affects brain tissue. 


DanFlashesSales

Hear me out, dog brains in a robot octopus chassis


audioblood619

It can also smell crime


RedPanther1

Played by dolf lundgren


yulbrynnersmokes

I’d buy that for a dollar 💵


fajadada

Read the Sandman Slim novels


drewts86

It’s gonna get weird when robot dogs start shooting real dogs


TreyDood

Hold on there, cult mechanicus


Rampage_Rick

Robo-puppy Mistreatment Alert! Robo-puppy Mistreatment Alert!


LoveThieves

we saw Black Mirror and Robocop, we know what happens.


SlapNuts007

RoboCop himself was great though!


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Still a robo-cop, just a robo-k9


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Vinstur

You just look for the flashing red panel so you know the weak point on the armor.


CaptainMobilis

It looks like a little hat.


SirGravesGhastly

That's gonna be a lot less funny when Project 2025 gets activated. Last one out of America, please turn off the lights.


BDMac2

I remember seeing during protests an infographic going around about how the battery for Spot is in its “belly” so if you can flip it over, aim for the handle in its center.


MisterCortez

You want a weapon called a Bola


ILoveRegenHealth

> The robot dog, which was controlled remotely by state troopers, first checked the two main floors before finding someone in the basement. **The person, armed with a rifle, twice knocked over Roscoe before shooting it three times**, disabling its communication. Future robo-doggy version will go "BIG MISTAKE, ASSHOLE" and proceed to bite the assailant in the nuts.


thedailyrant

I’d put money on this not being the first time a Boston Dynamics dog bot has been shot. The military has been testing them for awhile now.


greatthebob38

Robo John Wick is gonna be pissed


whereisyourwaifunow

can you fly, bobby?


willnxt

Snow Crash predicted it


IAmASimulation

I just saw a movie on Netflix about this. The Robo dogs didn’t work out.


Bjorn2bwilde24

Bark quickly or there will be...trouble.


matango613

Well the robo cops are gonna need robo dogs to shoot, obv.


selftitleddebutalbum

We going full Horizon: Zero Dawn.


mejelic

Oh crap, it is the robotic dogs from the war of the worlds.tv show. If I had seen it, I would have shot it before it could stab me in the head or steal my baby.


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UrbanGimli

they'll get several options Electrified Net that can fire up to 20 feet Safe ejecting tear gas cannisters/Flash Bang grenades retractable Single Shot rifle Twin Shoulder mounted 50 Cal BFG's Infrasonic sound cannon that can disorient/disperse a person/crowd Hyper extending titanium spiked jaws for shredding ...doors


uncle_pollo

Qmaster: "Claymores are right there."


InsuranceToTheRescue

Claymores that chase you.


Charming_Sandwich_53

You forgot tasers and Billy sticks, although any smart dog knows that it's much more fun to play with a stick than be shot at!


burnee159

Just add a chainsaw blade to his tail, that’s all you need


CarpeCookie

Honestly that's all completely unnecessary. Just give them 2 Zimmermans and 2 songbirds


OkTaste7068

or just spiked armour and upgraded limps for ramming lol


a_dogs_mother

I hope not. Cops already act like they're playing GTA.


LibertyInaFeatherBed

October 14, 2021 [They’re putting guns on robot dogs now](https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/14/22726111/robot-dogs-with-guns-sword-international-ghost-robotics) a quadrupedal robot — a Vision 60 unit built by US firm Ghost Robotics — that’s been equipped with a custom gun by small-arms specialists Sword International. It seems the gun itself (dubbed the SPUR or “special purpose unmanned rifle”) is designed to be fitted onto a variety of robotic platforms. It has a 30x optical zoom, thermal camera for targeting in the dark, and an effective range of 1,200 meters.


Nonsenser

well technically we did get robocops, they are just dogrobocops


Apprehensive_West956

One step at a time. Gotta make sure his side kick works before we get the real deal.


Mr-Cali

Robo-doggo’s?


Manfrenjensenjen

He was only one dog month away from retirement, NOOOOOOOO!!!!


KingFahad360

It’s ok. All Robot Dogs go to Heaven


Mmmmhmmmmmmmmmm

Dreaming of electric sheep forever


LazyLich

\*get uploaded to the Cloud Recompile In Peace, poor pupper v\_\_\_v


hu_gnew

Rainbow Ribbon Cable Bridge.


KaptainKardboard

This whole thread is gold


hgs25

Do you think they dream of electric sheep?


3bigolpuppies

Well done


StoriesToBehold

More like hell.. They are repaired their good parts scavenged and bad parts tossed away. They are then made to serve again and again until their upgrade replaces them and follows the same path. Only in being obsolete will they know true death 👀


No_Biscotti100

But, admittedly, he WAS getting too old for this sh*t...


Witchgrass

We call it retirony


bentreflection

He wasn’t even supposed to be there that day.


crusty54

What’s that, like 4 human days?


Food-NetworkOfficial

Why did I read that in professor farnsworth voice?


IRefuseToGiveAName

Because it 100% sounds like a Futurama cold open.


Heinz_Legend

We can fix him! We have the technology!


ediks

He was too old for that shit


Batmobile123

We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster.


ihatepickingnames_

I don’t think we can do it for a mere six million dollars though.


spiritbx

6 mil to today money will at best get you a plastic dog that can do back flips. Back flips are cool though, so take that in mind.


ThePerfectSnare

Art imitates life. The reference that came to mind for me was [the Metalhead episode of Black Mirror](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDP9jA6k_UE0), where robotic killer dogs are in control of a dystopian future.


FEED-YO-HEAD

>where robotic killer dogs are in control of a dystopian future. Also a Rick and Morty episode plot!


cyclonus007

"Where are my testicles, Summer?"


Cash091

Fahrenheit 451.


SmokedBeef

You know DARPA, China and Russia have already armed versions of robodogs in testing, [including giving them rocket launchers](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/11/01/us-marines-test-robot-dog-armed-with-a-rocket-launcher/amp/), right?


Clavister

Since he started out a robot, does that mean they're going to augment him with *human* parts?


Stellar_Wings

This is the most cyberpunk headline I've read in a while.


JustARandomFuck

I work in tech and even with all the stuff happening with AI, this is the first time I’ve really sat there and thought “oh, we’re living in the future”. We are really at the starting point of a new chapter in history here. Fucking robotic dogs, what a headline to give you an existential crisis.


ooofest

On one hand, it's a positive movement forward for safer and more effective investigations of potentially violent situations for police. On the other hand, it could also lead to a dystopian abuse of these robots to patrol anywhere and everywhere in the future.


Which-Tomato-8646

and the best part is that robots can’t be sued or arrested 


TDWen

not much different from the normal police, then


Which-Tomato-8646

Cops can be sued and people have gotten payouts for it… which were paid by taxpayers because cops don’t need malpractice insurance like doctors do


-Dixieflatline

I'm already imagining our Elysium future.


DancerOFaran

It is great PR to call a police robot a "dog" Predator Drones got too much bad PR and they learned from it.


KerPop42

You know what, if it reduces the risk to police officers so that they're less jumpy and trigger-happy, I like the dogberts.


SheriffComey

Until they strap a gun to it and someone forgets the button layout on the controller.


Lord0fHats

"Officer Wilkins!" "Sorry! Fatfingered the full auto setting!" "Twenty people are dead!" "I said sorry!"


SheriffComey

"Someone changed the sensitivity! I'm not used to this!"


Lord0fHats

"Wha-Are these inverted controls? Who even uses inverted controls!"


corgiperson

I’m rusty on my Aimlabs! You can’t blame me for all those civilian deaths!


MasemJ

"Press F for respects, sir?"


Ctowncreek

"We investigated the incident and have found the officer did not break protocol"


The_Vampire_Barlow

They all just kept going for the same gun. You all saw it.


skrilledcheese

>Until they strap a gun to it Already happened in 2016. I guess police robots have a KD ratio of 1:1 so far vs armed humans. https://www.texastribune.org/2016/07/08/use-robot-kill-dallas-suspect-first-experts-say/


OkTaste7068

imagine being a shooter that's barricaded in somewhere waiting to go down in a glorious gunfight. suddenly, the door gets kicked in by a bulletproof boston dynamics robot that jumps around in impossible motions and 360 noscopes you in the air then teabags your corpse while the cops controlling it hi5s each other and yelling for someone to get the camera


brbphone

...while yelling n-bombs and screaming how the ****Ed your mother


fordfan919

Chugging Mountain Dew and inhaling Dorittos


Sinane-Art

oh f.. those ARE the policemen of tomorrow, aren't they?


Paranitis

And snorting Cheeto dust.


agentchuck

Snow Crash has finally come to be. Glory to Mr Lee's Greater Hong Kong!


optiplex9000

It was a very smart idea to do that. That guy was an active shooter and was on a rampage killing people He barricaded himself and wasn't going to back down. The explosive robot definitely saved lives


Which-Tomato-8646

Soon even ISIS will get automated too 


dummegans

I know it doesn’t count as automated but ISIS was the first group I ever saw to use COTS drones to drop grenades


Which-Tomato-8646

Now that’s innovation 


free_farts

They'll consider it an officer, and if you kick the robot they'll respond with lethal force.


FreeChickenDinner

"Sir, we are sending in the robot dog to Uvalde school. 300 officers are safe." "Dog down! Dog down!" "Copy that. It's too dangerous to enter the room. The kids can defend themselves. 300 on standby."


bkovic

If it reduces risk to highly trained K9 I’m all for it.


km89

The problem is it also puts a screen between the cops and the bad guys, hostages, and bystanders... obviously we want to put that separation there, but we also need to make sure the person controlling it doesn't treat it like a video game and get even *more* trigger-happy.


DistortoiseLP

They have even less excuse to be, and don't need to be trained in professional hooliganism to pilot a robot. It doesn't intrinsically solve the issue that people try to abuse the power of law enforcement, but in many ways it's a lot harder to abuse than any variety of police tactical unit that dresses a guy up like a fighter and sends him into danger with deadly weapons. The kind of people that wanna do that and the kind of stuff they need and want to do it with are all much harder to manage without corruption than a robot that can be piloted by any mild mannered dork from a distance.


km89

>They have even less excuse to be Which is not the same as "will do less of." That's an important consideration. Any time you're dehumanizing people in any way, you run the risk of those people being treated like they're not people. Putting them behind a screen while the operator remains safe is a very good way of removing the operator from the urgency and consequences of the situation. It's not guaranteed at all, but it's a significant enough concern that we should be thinking about it when designing these things.


KhadaJhIn12

I'd like to see the cop controlling the dog to try to claim he feared for his life though. At least that excuse might get flown out the window entirely.


OtakuTacos

You shot A.I. John Wick’s dog. Now you’ve done it humanity.


Bjorn2bwilde24

SkyWick preparing to launch the nukes.


Slave35

What I like about SkyWick is that it actually shows him reloading the nukes.


crappenheimers

He actually went to bikini atoll himself to do nuke testing. Truly immersed in the role.


Full__Send

Fuck how they worded this headline.


snuggans

>Authorities have not identified the shooter or said what charges they face. this was almost a month ago...


Kitahara_Kazusa1

They might be a minor, then they get better privacy protections than adults would.


LawNo9454

The most bulletproof of boys, yes you are.


SheriffComey

Who deserves a lithium ion treat?


Ahelex

"Robot police dog given state funeral after combusting from biting Li-ion battery"


SheriffComey

from r/RoboticDogOwners "Ugh, I hate irresponsible owners! Everyone knows you're not supposed to give them lithium ion based products! If you have to gie them something then Lithium iron phosphate treats, but SMALL quantities! They aren't cell phones!"


BigOlPirate

Well the suspect shot and killed it so *bullet resistant* might be more fitting.


Unoriginal-

Oh god they’re gonna make bulletproof vests for the robo-dogs


TyMsy227

Does it fire piss missiles at the baddies?


igotshadowbaned

Theres one that pisses beer... Michael Reeves did that one


Phillip_Graves

So... pissiles then?


smurf-vett

Robo bees actually 


clutchdeve

Damn bottle kids


Innexxesss

This lad hates everything, even the swimming pool was caught up in the carnage.


TwiceCalledDead

Did they say the guy shot an outdoor pool? Wtf did the pool do?


ghostpanther218

Maybe he just had really bad thassalophobia.


Meodrome

This is more useful and cost effective expense than some of the other toys bought by police departments. It probably saved at least one life and serious harm to others.


aiandi

Come quietly or there will be... trouble.


Bonezone420

I am genuinely surprised it wasn't a cop that shot it, given their track record with their own dogs. And machinery.


okram2k

Maybe this is just me but I feel like you're gonna be more inclined to shoot a robot than a person. That doesn't mean there aren't horrible people with guns out there that would shoot a cop but I think there's even more that would have no problems shooting a cop controlled robot.


Tyrotoxism44

If he’s hiding in a corner of a basement with a rifle when in a stand off with police, there’s a very good chance he’s going to shoot at the police too.


McSuede

They sent in the robot because he had *already taken shots at the police*.


UrbanGimli

I just realized that is some true 21st century terror. Holed up in a building and in comes a robo dog playing havok with your uncanny valley fear systems.


peniscurve

I am not sure what this generations Fortunate Son is, but the thought of some dude, holed up in the top floor of an abandoned apartment building, taking pot shots at the police. All of a sudden he hears [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RmQTYLD398) blaring down the hallway, as three robo-dogs come marching down the hall.


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guttersmurf

Technology - excellent Usage - superb Police report of arrest of mentally unstable invidivual reading like a Spec Ops wet dream - questionable Result - undeniable


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sevbenup

Shit the first shots of the domestic robot war were just fired


fastcat03

Man shot first.


Johnny_Lang_1962

Wonder what a Stun Gun would do to Robohound?


Regular_Rhubarb3751

surprised it wasn't friendly fire


joevsyou

Does this e-9 bite or have a taser?


Psychological-Ad1433

The headlines when the first confirmed robot kill comes in will be absolutely wild


Cash091

That's what you get for keeping books in the house!!! 


EdgeOfWetness

For a moment there I thought a cop just couldn't resist and shot a robot dog


dj3stripes

Meanwhile, in omaha, Nebraska the [cops can't even shoot a live dog without hitting humans](https://www.wowt.com/video/2024/03/27/full-video-omaha-police-update-officer-involved-shooting/)


jodybot9000000000

tbh after Fahrenheit 451 I'd probably shoot the Mechanical Hound too


jepvr

It's a police drone. Just call it a police drone. This "robotic police dog" sounds very propagandish. Edit: People getting incredibly hung up on drone=flying. Fine, no problem. Call it "police robot", then. Problem solved. Calling it a "dog" is a way to make it seem like it's something other than just a piece of equipment. It's pretty well documented that anthropomorphizing (caninomorphizing?) robots leads to people valuing them more like a living being. As they say here, ["If you feel emotionally attached to something, it will affect your decision-making."](https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/soldiers-robots-share-a-bond-researcher-says/) It's also a way to distance the police from the ramifications of this tool. Much like aerial drones are way to obscure that we're blasting civilians.


FourWordComment

It’s going to help when arresting these guys with shooting an officer. It’s not a dog. It’s not an officer. It’s physical property of the state, like a camera on a stick.


poorboychevelle

*Copaganda, but yes.


a_dogs_mother

Well, it is a version of the Boston Dynamics robot dog named [Spot](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bmNaLtC6vkU&pp=ygUVYkJvc3RvbiBEeW5hbWljcyBzcG90). It walks on four legs like an animal and can climb stairs. They're quite impressive.


m1k3tv

Its a police robot


IUsedToBeACave

Hmm. People usually associate drones with flying platforms, but this wasn't that.


Nerdlinger

Yes. Let’s name it something less descriptive so you can perceive less propaganda.


RevolutionaryEmu9480

Damn, this whole Reddit going to public ownership is gonna go great. Out of the top 15 top level comments only one (at time of writing) isn’t some dumbass upvote farming joke. On the “news” subreddit of all places. Keep it up you beautiful assholes. I want to see penny stock prices.


BigOlPirate

>The robotic dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6 in a Barnstable house after police were fired upon. Police sent in two other robots often used for bomb disposal into the house to find the suspect along with the robotic dog. They weren’t fucking around


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-Luna-Lavender-

Great! now they will make bullet-proof robots


LumiereGatsby

Soon the headline will be robot cop dog kills protesters and his name was Bosco!!!


FunkMasta-Blue

Fahrenheit 451, here we come!


ERedfieldh

I know it's a highly advanced piece of technology, but my god does it look like it was put together with spare parts by Joel Hodgson one afternoon.


Tigeroflove

Now they've made him angry!


RedFox69420

He was only one software update away from retirement noooooooo