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Re:Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini ... by Y_Y on Monday May 14, 2018 @10:19AM (#17065735)
> bank-heist hostage situation, have it stand on guard and shoot whenever it gets a human verified lock

It's about time someone disrupted the field of killing hostages.

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Re:Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini ... by wombatpm on Monday May 14, 2018 @11:33AM (#17066349)
Why can't we do the same thing with a swarm of cheap drones with a single shot zip gun? Navigate to within a couple feet and shot them in the face?
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Re:Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini ... by monkeynotes on Monday May 14, 2018 @12:51PM (#17067045)
The future is bleak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlO2gcs1YvM
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Re:Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini ... by mmirate on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:31PM (#17068115)
Because then you grab yourself another swarm of the same cheap drones and program them to shoot their zipguns at the enemy drones.
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