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Ukraine using drones to airdrop robot dogs to frontlines (interestingengineering.com)
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[-] Technotica@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago

We didn't get hover cars, personal jetpacks, high speed personal tube travel systems, moon bases or mars terraforming.

But we do have robot dogs, electronic cigarettes, lying AI and the ability to kill people remotely by dropping grenades on their heads from almost invisible micro aircraft.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Not just robot dogs, but flame throwing robot dogs.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

JFC, how soon before they fly? Oh. That's now, apparently. Great.

[-] TXinTXe@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 weeks ago

What happened with the no military use of boston dynamics?

[-] lunar17@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

Nothing. Read the article (it's not long); these robots are from a different company.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago

a different company

Looks like some brand new start-up shell called Austin Rynamics. Any similarities are completely coincidental. Now stop bringing it up. I said good day, sir!

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Boston dynamics absolutely sucks for licenses, you have to renew that shit every year for "a couple of grand". No sane military would go for that deal - to spend money that's worth what is basically a luxurious car is, to then have to spend more money to renew it, for a technology that isn't all that useful or practical.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 weeks ago

What makes you think they wouldnt make special deal with the military. They immediately allowed them to be used for police surveillance... The whole no military use thing was just for appearences from the start.

[-] ooterness@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Meanwhile, in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate...

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