ICE Plans to Spend Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
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ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to buy at least a million dollars worth of robots from Boston Dynamics, the company that makes the dog-like SPOT robots, with the purpose of improving “officer safety,” according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement.

    • DrunkenPirate@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      Relax the battery lasts for approx 3 hrs. Did you ever wonder why these dogs aren’t used by military who asked for it? Poor battery duratipn is the answer.

      • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        They’ll just find a way to make the droigs powered by consuming human flesh. They’ll learn that they need to continuously refill on the stuff or face permanent shutdown, so they’ll just get better and better at their job.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        approx 3 hrs.

        I’m done for if they ever come after me. My battery lasts about 2 minutes on a good day.