@jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoYou can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1552cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaynoncredibledefense@sh.itjust.workstechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareroguetricklinkfedilink4•2 months agoCompletely useless for firefighting. Putting a drip torch on its ass and letting it walk a line, maybe. But it’s not going to cut down the trees to make a firebreak, who what’s the point.
minus-squarebane_killgrindlinkfedilink3•2 months agoWhen we said give the people what they want, we got this, and we do.
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoA lot of wildfires aren’t in areas with trees, brush fires are incredibly dangerous too. Source: I live in an area with brush fires.
Completely useless for firefighting. Putting a drip torch on its ass and letting it walk a line, maybe. But it’s not going to cut down the trees to make a firebreak, who what’s the point.
It’s for fighting on the side of fire
When we said give the people what they want, we got this, and we do.
A lot of wildfires aren’t in areas with trees, brush fires are incredibly dangerous too. Source: I live in an area with brush fires.