"Thermonator is the first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog"

For only $9420 that&#x27;s a steal! I&#x27;ll definitely be buying these for my Junta!<p>On a more serious note I really wanted to know why anybody would make something like this, so here&#x27;s the reasons in the article:<p>Ready for Anything: - Wildfire Control and Prevention - Agricultural Management - Ecological Conservation - Snow and Ice Removal - Entertainment and SFX<p>Entertainment??? Fun new way for rednecks to die just dropped!<p>I think I&#x27;d still prefer to see these with water cannons for emergency bushfire management here in Aus, having a robot flamethrower dog just aint right.

Autonomous man hunting drones powered by Nvidia Jetson are already a reality. Opencv genie has been out of bottle for some time and significant improvement in compute means every military will be collecting what they like the most.<p>LLMs won&#x27;t kill the world but artificial intelligence powered with propulsion while delivering explosives will do a lot of harm.

Once you get over the hilarious nature of the product it immediately takes on a darker turn that similar devices could be turned on people in the near future. There is even a reference to government procurement at the bottom.

Seems like a great tool for back burns when fighting wildfires. I wonder how far it can get in the hour long battery life.

For your growing civil disobedience needs?

Cyberattack: 1) Shut off water pressure to city hydrant system. 2) Unleash a passel of these critters.

Up next: directed EMP guns for self-defense against &quot;ideas&quot; like this

Next up: robo-sharks with frickin’ laser beams.

Need this incase of bad neighbours.

What could go wrong?

Increase range somehow and send it to Ukraine for testing.