Los Angeles considers deploying a robotic police dog

How much does an EMP gun cost? I think I may be needing one.

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But will it be able to learn the gang signs?

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They should call it Parts.

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… yeah sure it won’t

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SCANNING…

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FWIW Boston Dynamics is not donating the robot – the Police Protective League, an organization basically formed to channel private funds to the LAPD without oversight from the City Council or the Mayor, is forking over $280,000 for a “Spot” robot. This is way, way above the list price for one of these, so goodness knows what the rest of the $$$ is for.

Also FWIW, Boston Dynamics is pretty stringent about not allowing people to weaponize their robots. They know the optics of that one. No, if the LAPD wanted a true Robocop with a gun, all they’d have to do is buy a lookalike robot from Ghost Robotics, whose entire business model is producing killer robots that look an awful lot like a “Spot” ripoff.

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I’m sure none of those cops has a modified personal vehicle, either…

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https://www.sbir.gov/sbc/boston-dynamics

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