Comment on Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers

WhatThaFudge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How could that possibly happen in this case?

  If you had read the article, or even just looked at the picture, you’d see that this is a security camera that walks.

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  • modus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Until they finally taste human flesh.

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  • Dearth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are heavy and move quickly. All it takes is one shove or trip of an unsuspecting person that falls and cracks their head.

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    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Industrial sites are dangerous and that’s why workers receive safety training and equipment.

      These are not intended to interact with the public, they’re intended to replace manned security patrol routes. They’re protected from being a danger to the public by chain link fences and locked doors. The workers who operate them and work around them receive safety training.

      In addition to the tens of thousands of dollars of proximity sensors, there’s also a giant red button on their back which shuts them down immediately:

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      Having robots lets the human workers not go into dangerous situations unnecessarily. Having to patrol inside of an area where halon fire suppression systems are used is inherently dangerous and is more of a common occurrence than having a random untrained and unescorted member of the public enter into a secure area and trip.

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  • nile_istic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    D you think they’ll stay that way?

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    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m here to engage with reality, and not create science fiction scenarios to worry about.

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  • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So, no MG mount?

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    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Surprisingly no, and they also don’t have mortars or death ray eyes.

      But, you wouldn’t know that reading some of the comments here.

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      • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No sad puppy face, either?

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    • JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It can be done but doesn’t work that well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rliFQ0qyAM

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  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    how fast can it go and how much does it weigh?

    I think that you’ll find you don’t enjoy when 20 kg of steel comes barrelling at your knees

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    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      how fast can it go and how much does it weigh?

      letmegooglethat.com/?q=Boston+Dynamics+Spot+Speci…

      I think that you’ll find you don’t enjoy when 20 kg of steel comes barrelling at your knees

      What are you, a doctor or something?

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The owner usually. They can then sue the producer.

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can only imagine the legal stonewalling. Sue who? The company who hired the device? The manufacturer? Programmers? The leasing company? Everyone passing the legal buck around making it incredibly difficult and expensive for anyone to sue in an attempt to exhaust the victim or their family.

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    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Boston Dynamics doesn’t kill people. It’s its investors for a more fascist world that kill people.

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