[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

They are a little creepy to watch because of their natural movements. Future soldiers?

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A Boston Dynamics robo dog has been spotted in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Which is currently an active warzone.

No info from the source other than "robo cats hide". Probably not war related. More likely its someone with a lot of money who bought himself a new toy.

[houseoftechno]

Hey doggy, bring me a beer. Good boy.

[SleepySyndrome]

When will we be getting robot cats? I'm more of a cat person.

[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by SleepySyndrome ↗

When will we be getting robot cats? I'm more of a cat person.

Hey Kitty. Quit biting me. I will get you your breakfast.

[kellyhound]

JUNE 22, 2022, 1:00 PM
The U.S. Army has agreed to provide one of its two robotic dogs to help an American nonprofit clean up mines and other ordnance in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the decision, as the war-torn nation faces a World War II-level cleanup from unexploded Russian munitions.

HALO Trust, a demining enterprise with multiple U.S. government contracts to work in Ukraine, will use “Spot,” a Boston Dynamics-made robot dog, to remove mortar shells and cluster munitions in formerly Russian-controlled areas near the capital of Kyiv, said Chris Whatley, the group’s executive director.

In a test session last year, Spot worked well with small, volatile rounds, similar to those that have been seen throughout Ukraine. Whatley is hoping that will translate into dealing with cluster munitions that Russia has used indiscriminately in Ukraine, leaving behind bomblets that scatter all across the country.

Deploying a robotic arm in place of its head, Spot could help drag unexploded munitions—such as cluster bombs—to pits containing other munitions, allowing them to be safely exploded far from civilians in batches of up to 50 to 100 shells, and without endangering any of HALO’s 10 teams that have been deployed in Bucha and Brovary.

While deminers can be trained in six weeks, many Ukrainian employees have scattered since the invasion; some are stuck in Russian-occupied areas, and others enlisted in the military, including those in Mariupol and in the Donbas. That puts a premium on robotic help. “If you can just move something without endangering a human and move it far enough that you can take it to a place where it can be safely detonated with other items, you move up the curve massively,” Whatley said.