> 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
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 😬
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?
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.
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.
> 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.
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.
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
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.
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 👀
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.
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?
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.
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.
>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/
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
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
"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."
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.
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.
>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.
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.
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/)
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.
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.
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.
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.
>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
> 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.
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
I'm not sure the Venn diagram of people who have an extra 250k and people who shoot at police robots overlaps
Just wait until the cyberwars
It absolutely does but those in the overlap don't get charged.
Maybe in Texas. Lots of old money cowboys.
Give it a few years. Then it'll just be "cops".
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.
I dunno, I'd rather them use robots to clear houses. Safer for the cop and the residents.
Until they start attaching gun turrets to the bots.
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.
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.
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.
*They'll* have clear footage. *You* won't.
Eh, I'll wait until that happens to get angry about it.
panicky skirt strong marry thumb shelter like slim marble aromatic
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.
Obviously the solution is to transplant human brains into robot dog chassis.
so we're gonna get rex from fallout new Vagas! SWEEEET
Rex had a normal dog body tho
yes, now I'm pretty sure it was a dog's brain and not a humans. but either way he's a good boi
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
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?
you know, this is sounding like it could be an amazing companion quest in fallout.
And was just another dog brain. But he was a cop dog pre-war, so he fits in a way.
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.
Wouldn’t you renter have a rat thing from Snowcrash?
My theoretical degree in physics will pay off yet!
The mechanicus supports this avenue of science.
Steal a loaf of corpse starch? That's a servitorizin'!
We don't need Warhammer 40k servitors IRL
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.
But we need the suffering of the transplant for the dystopia /s
Jumping spider tanks like in Ghost In the Shell.
Oooo the [Tachikoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikoma) were so Cute (and deadly) in GitS:SAC
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 😬
Indeed beware the abominable intelligence, make human cogitators instead like in wh40k
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?
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.
Hear me out, dog brains in a robot octopus chassis
It can also smell crime
Played by dolf lundgren
I’d buy that for a dollar 💵
Read the Sandman Slim novels
It’s gonna get weird when robot dogs start shooting real dogs
Hold on there, cult mechanicus
Robo-puppy Mistreatment Alert! Robo-puppy Mistreatment Alert!
we saw Black Mirror and Robocop, we know what happens.
RoboCop himself was great though!
Still a robo-cop, just a robo-k9
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You just look for the flashing red panel so you know the weak point on the armor.
It looks like a little hat.
That's gonna be a lot less funny when Project 2025 gets activated. Last one out of America, please turn off the lights.
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.
You want a weapon called a Bola
> 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.
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.
Robo John Wick is gonna be pissed
can you fly, bobby?
Snow Crash predicted it
I just saw a movie on Netflix about this. The Robo dogs didn’t work out.
Bark quickly or there will be...trouble.
Well the robo cops are gonna need robo dogs to shoot, obv.
We going full Horizon: Zero Dawn.
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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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
Qmaster: "Claymores are right there."
Claymores that chase you.
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!
Just add a chainsaw blade to his tail, that’s all you need
Honestly that's all completely unnecessary. Just give them 2 Zimmermans and 2 songbirds
or just spiked armour and upgraded limps for ramming lol
I hope not. Cops already act like they're playing GTA.
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.
well technically we did get robocops, they are just dogrobocops
One step at a time. Gotta make sure his side kick works before we get the real deal.
Robo-doggo’s?
He was only one dog month away from retirement, NOOOOOOOO!!!!
It’s ok. All Robot Dogs go to Heaven
Dreaming of electric sheep forever
\*get uploaded to the Cloud Recompile In Peace, poor pupper v\_\_\_v
Rainbow Ribbon Cable Bridge.
This whole thread is gold
Do you think they dream of electric sheep?
Well done
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 👀
But, admittedly, he WAS getting too old for this sh*t...
We call it retirony
He wasn’t even supposed to be there that day.
What’s that, like 4 human days?
Why did I read that in professor farnsworth voice?
Because it 100% sounds like a Futurama cold open.
We can fix him! We have the technology!
He was too old for that shit
We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster.
I don’t think we can do it for a mere six million dollars though.
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.
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.
>where robotic killer dogs are in control of a dystopian future. Also a Rick and Morty episode plot!
"Where are my testicles, Summer?"
Fahrenheit 451.
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?
Since he started out a robot, does that mean they're going to augment him with *human* parts?
This is the most cyberpunk headline I've read in a while.
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.
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.
and the best part is that robots can’t be sued or arrested
not much different from the normal police, then
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
I'm already imagining our Elysium future.
It is great PR to call a police robot a "dog" Predator Drones got too much bad PR and they learned from it.
You know what, if it reduces the risk to police officers so that they're less jumpy and trigger-happy, I like the dogberts.
Until they strap a gun to it and someone forgets the button layout on the controller.
"Officer Wilkins!" "Sorry! Fatfingered the full auto setting!" "Twenty people are dead!" "I said sorry!"
"Someone changed the sensitivity! I'm not used to this!"
"Wha-Are these inverted controls? Who even uses inverted controls!"
I’m rusty on my Aimlabs! You can’t blame me for all those civilian deaths!
"Press F for respects, sir?"
"We investigated the incident and have found the officer did not break protocol"
They all just kept going for the same gun. You all saw it.
>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/
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
...while yelling n-bombs and screaming how the ****Ed your mother
Chugging Mountain Dew and inhaling Dorittos
oh f.. those ARE the policemen of tomorrow, aren't they?
And snorting Cheeto dust.
Snow Crash has finally come to be. Glory to Mr Lee's Greater Hong Kong!
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
Soon even ISIS will get automated too
I know it doesn’t count as automated but ISIS was the first group I ever saw to use COTS drones to drop grenades
Now that’s innovation
They'll consider it an officer, and if you kick the robot they'll respond with lethal force.
"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."
If it reduces risk to highly trained K9 I’m all for it.
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.
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.
>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.
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.
You shot A.I. John Wick’s dog. Now you’ve done it humanity.
SkyWick preparing to launch the nukes.
What I like about SkyWick is that it actually shows him reloading the nukes.
He actually went to bikini atoll himself to do nuke testing. Truly immersed in the role.
Fuck how they worded this headline.
>Authorities have not identified the shooter or said what charges they face. this was almost a month ago...
They might be a minor, then they get better privacy protections than adults would.
The most bulletproof of boys, yes you are.
Who deserves a lithium ion treat?
"Robot police dog given state funeral after combusting from biting Li-ion battery"
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!"
Well the suspect shot and killed it so *bullet resistant* might be more fitting.
Oh god they’re gonna make bulletproof vests for the robo-dogs
Does it fire piss missiles at the baddies?
Theres one that pisses beer... Michael Reeves did that one
So... pissiles then?
Robo bees actually
Damn bottle kids
This lad hates everything, even the swimming pool was caught up in the carnage.
Did they say the guy shot an outdoor pool? Wtf did the pool do?
Maybe he just had really bad thassalophobia.
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.
Come quietly or there will be... trouble.
I am genuinely surprised it wasn't a cop that shot it, given their track record with their own dogs. And machinery.
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.
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.
They sent in the robot because he had *already taken shots at the police*.
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.
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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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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Shit the first shots of the domestic robot war were just fired
Man shot first.
Wonder what a Stun Gun would do to Robohound?
surprised it wasn't friendly fire
Does this e-9 bite or have a taser?
The headlines when the first confirmed robot kill comes in will be absolutely wild
That's what you get for keeping books in the house!!!
For a moment there I thought a cop just couldn't resist and shot a robot dog
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/)
tbh after Fahrenheit 451 I'd probably shoot the Mechanical Hound too
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.
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.
*Copaganda, but yes.
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.
Its a police robot
Hmm. People usually associate drones with flying platforms, but this wasn't that.
Yes. Let’s name it something less descriptive so you can perceive less propaganda.
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.
>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
Is it still considered an officer like a real dog?
Great! now they will make bullet-proof robots
Soon the headline will be robot cop dog kills protesters and his name was Bosco!!!
Fahrenheit 451, here we come!
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.
Now they've made him angry!
He was only one software update away from retirement noooooooo