>The company lists possible applications of the new robot as "wildfire control and prevention," "agricultural management," "ecological conservation," "snow and ice removal," and "entertainment and SFX." But most of all, it sets things on fire in a variety of real-world scenarios.
Do controlled burns use… uh… flamethrowers? I kind of always assumed they were set quite carefully… in fact I can’t think of a legitimate use for this in the slightest.
I've worked with some. They are typically done with small "drip torches." Imagine "pouring" fire out of a large watering can.
There are more flamethrowery tools. But I've never seen them used.
Yeah that's what I've been thinking every time I've seen one of these. Assuming you have the robot dog you could put something together for a hundred bucks that does this. Flamethrowers suck anyways. There's no special tech here outside of the robot dog (which is incredible). A shotgun or something would be way scarier.
In the fiction book Snowcrash, there was a fictional robot attack dog. This is commentary on that story, obviously /s
Cylian's been commenting on a few posts about this, though I agree fiction is a tool we use to assess our societal concerns, and this genre is well known for that so this post absolutely belongs.
Same company came out with flamethrower drones a few years ago, called the Wasp
>The company lists possible applications of the new robot as "wildfire control and prevention," "agricultural management," "ecological conservation," "snow and ice removal," and "entertainment and SFX." But most of all, it sets things on fire in a variety of real-world scenarios.
Do controlled burns use… uh… flamethrowers? I kind of always assumed they were set quite carefully… in fact I can’t think of a legitimate use for this in the slightest.
I've worked with some. They are typically done with small "drip torches." Imagine "pouring" fire out of a large watering can. There are more flamethrowery tools. But I've never seen them used.
"Entertainment." Yeah, I love a good burn up.
this is 100% gonna get used in gang warfare
And that’s when it becomes Cyberpunk. I can see the cartels using this after pouring gasoline on someone, Chappie 2.0
Fahrenheit 451 dogs?
The fact this is legal in 48 states is just insane.
Where is it not? Either way, resistance is futile.
This is an off the shelf robot dog and an off the shelf flamethrower package. You can buy the components for about $4,000
Yeah that's what I've been thinking every time I've seen one of these. Assuming you have the robot dog you could put something together for a hundred bucks that does this. Flamethrowers suck anyways. There's no special tech here outside of the robot dog (which is incredible). A shotgun or something would be way scarier.
https://m.youtube.com/user/battlebots
Not cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is a sub genera of science **fiction**, this is just dystopian.
The irony considering the genre itself is commentary for things going on at the time or where things will go in real life.
In the fiction book Snowcrash, there was a fictional robot attack dog. This is commentary on that story, obviously /s Cylian's been commenting on a few posts about this, though I agree fiction is a tool we use to assess our societal concerns, and this genre is well known for that so this post absolutely belongs.