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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Can I just get a robot dog armed with a super soaker? That would be hilarious.

[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The whole article listing the various uses of flamethrowers, like environmental conservation, then mentioning concerns that flamethrowers can double as weapons is just... I don't even know what to do with that.

it even lists napalm as an intended use. gonna conserve the hell out of that commie rainforest, I guess?

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Now if i just had an extra 10k lying around collecting dust..

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

HANS! Bring ze Flemmenwerfherhund!

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago

I'm holding out for a fully-autonomous flamethrower robotic monkey.

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

I, for one, welcome our new overlords.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You might be obligated to call it a "hell-hound", though...

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[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I have $10k and a list.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

suprised this wasn't elon musk

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Completely useless for firefighting. Putting a drip torch on its ass and letting it walk a line, maybe. But it's not going to cut down the trees to make a firebreak, who what's the point.

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[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fungal towers not gonna like it

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

!cataclysmdda@lemmy.world

IIRC, fire kills fungal beds effectively but doesn't actually take out the fungal tentacles.

I generally treat discretion as the better part of valor and get out of Dodge if fungus is present.

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