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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots (www.404media.co)

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to buy at least a million dollars worth of robots from Boston Dynamics, the company that makes the dog-like SPOT robots, with the purpose of improving “officer safety,” according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement.

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 child)

1 Mill? How many is that, 4 or 5? ICE personnel have never demonstrated themselves to be the sharpest knives in the drawer. Are they even going to be able make any use of them?

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[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago

If the next decade sees the shuttering of their offices and asset liquidation then maybe a neat public auction will have them?

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