RoboDogs

The brain geniuses at the Pentagon have decided that a good use of the taxpayer dollar is to attach rifles onto the backs of robot dogs.

See Spot Gun

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...a robodog with a gun?

US Army Brags About Plans to Mount Rifle on Robot Dog

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has decided to unleash Digidog, a dystopian robodog, into the hands of the NYPD, despite mass public outrage.

Not a Roomba

"Digidog is out of the pound."

The NYPD Is Bringing Back Its Widely Hated Robodog

To the credit of both Coperni and Boston Dynamics, we can't stop thinking about the viral robodogs-on-the-runway stunt. But only because it sucked.

Paris Fashion Week Dispatch

We can't stop thinking about the robodog stunt. But only because it sucked.

Robodog Peeling Off a Model's Clothes Is a Viral Riff on Ominous Tech

While Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance stole the night, a group of weird robot dogs during the pregame show left viewers pretty perturbed.

Disturbia

"Why is Jason Derulo dancing with the robot dogs that are going to be hunting us..."

Viewers Worried Jason Derulo's Super Bowl Robot Dogs Will Kill Them

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr went on a Twitter rant this week about robodogs, citing apocalyptic science fiction movies and television

Wait What

What in the world?

FCC Commissioner Says He's Afraid of Robodogs and We Can't Tell If He's Joking

Experts say installing a gun on a robodog marks an inflection point in the development of killer robots — and maybe the tech shouldn't be allowed at all.

Bot Crime

"This crosses a moral, legal and technical line, taking us to a dark and dangerous world."

Experts Shocked by Military Robodog With Sniper Rifle Attachment

A company called Ghost Robotics is building dog-like robots explicitly for military use. Soon, they'll guard an Air Force base in Florida.

DogBot

It sounds like that one episode of "Black Mirror."

Oh No: This Company Is Building Robodogs Specifically for Combat

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) set out with an ambitious task, to build a robodog which combined all the best parts of Siri, 3D-printing, and robots like Boston Dynamics SpotMini.

Looking Ruff

It looks like it's wearing the eyes of its last victim.

This Boston Dynamics-Esque Bot Has Horrifying, Human-Like Eyes

Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert told the audience at re:MARS he thinks the company's SpotMini robodogs could one day battle for our entertainment.

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