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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Agricultural management that is, torching ant hives and wasp nests, are the most common civilian purpose for flamethrowers. And given I'm allergic to some kinds of stings, I'd be glad for a robot dog to manage my wasps for me.
But I don't have a farm, nor $10K to spend on a dogbot.