• ThunderQueen@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Iirc, the newer dogs are already water, emp, and small arms resistant. These are all old models. Even the newer BD project is much more advanced than these Atlas’

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      19 hours ago

      Iirc, the newer dogs are already water, emp, and small arms resistant.

      Sure. But from what I’ve heard, they have something on the order of a 10-30 minute battery life in anything but “stand their and do surveillance” mode. From a pure calorie perspective, animatronics are still painfully inefficient compared to - say - a human with a belly full of oatmeal on a bicycle.

      Even beyond that, a lot of the Elon Musk brand of robots are primarily human-operated. They need to carry around high end receivers to get far from their home base and they require a talented technician to keep them pointed in the right direction.

      There’s a reason you don’t see many of these devices in the field, particularly unattended. Given the high end components that are involved in their construction, anyone with an eye for salvage will just see a walking pile of dollar signs.

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          16 hours ago

          I mean, I continue to be far more worried about the human with the gun, as they’ve done a great job of terrorizing the country on their own.

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            Military is already giving the dogs guns and AI sight to solve that problem for you. No need to worry about some random guy shooting you. A robot drone dog will do it now if you move too suspiciously

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              Military is already giving the dogs guns and AI sight to solve that problem for you.

              When see one outside of a Boston Dynamics sponsored museum exhibit, six feet away from it’s base station, I’ll be more worried