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

• modus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Until they finally taste human flesh.

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• Dearth@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• ulterno@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So, no MG mount?

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  • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No sad puppy face, either?

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      • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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