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Ukraine using drones to airdrop robot dogs to frontlines (interestingengineering.com)
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[-] Technotica@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

We didn't get hover cars, personal jetpacks, high speed personal tube travel systems, moon bases or mars terraforming.

But we do have robot dogs, electronic cigarettes, lying AI and the ability to kill people remotely by dropping grenades on their heads from almost invisible micro aircraft.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not just robot dogs, but flame throwing robot dogs.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

JFC, how soon before they fly? Oh. That's now, apparently. Great.

[-] TXinTXe@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

What happened with the no military use of boston dynamics?

[-] lunar17@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Nothing. Read the article (it's not long); these robots are from a different company.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

a different company

Looks like some brand new start-up shell called Austin Rynamics. Any similarities are completely coincidental. Now stop bringing it up. I said good day, sir!

[-] ooterness@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile, in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate...

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