A video depicting a ‘robot dog' zipping around and firing a fully-automatic submachine gun attached to its back has begun circulating on social media. (RELATED: Cute or Dangerous? Watch Out for Russia's Remote-Controlled Spying Robot Rock)
The video was originally posted to YouTube in March by Alexander Atamanov, an inventor and tech entrepreneur. In the video, we see Atamanov's ‘dog' prowling the edge of a firing range with standup targets. This “training ground,” as Atamanov describes it on Facebook, features some sort of exterior building with a BRDM-2A / BDRM-2M armored vehicle seen to the right side of the range.
Born in Russia, Atamanov began his career in the aerospace industry before launching a personal aviation technology business, HOVERSURF, in 2014. While Atamanov has resided in the United States – HOVERSURF is based in San Jose, California – we do not know exactly where the video, which readers can watch in full below, was filmed.
The ‘dog' itself does not appear to have been designed by Atamanov. The example seen in the video, or models akin to it, can be purchased online for a few thousand dollars. UnitreeYusu's “technology dog,” which looks extremely similar to the one seen in the video, currently costs around $3,000, for example. In a picture of the ‘dog' released on Facebook by Atamanov, we see a patch attached to its side similar to those used by certain Russian special operations forces units, also referred to commonly by the Russian term “spetsnaz.” (RELATED: Russian ‘Spetsnaz' Special Ops Troops Play Big Role in Ukraine War)
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But did it hit any targets?
It sure didn’t look like it was very accurate in full auto mode
looks like they need to do something about the kickback. the “dog” is firing into the air after the initial burst. i also think they need to put a menacing-looking head of a pig on it and send it to work against Muslim insurgeants in the Middle East.
A video of a Boston Dynamics-style robotic dog with a submachine gun mounted to its back has been doing the rounds on Twitter, and some say it represents exactly what critics had warned about.
so let me get this right! they the government want to take away our 2nd amendment but they develop or developing a walking machine gun? hum that pretty much says it all. this government will be able to kill thousands when they don’t get their way! i don’t put anything pass this administration
The terminator
See ED209 from Robocop movie 1,2
Add mini rockets, ammo pod
IR sensors, & mass produce
Send to Ukraine for field tests
Mass produce
It appears that when the gun is shot the gun raises up so I wonder if it hit what it was aimed at? They don’t reveal that in the video.
Research into AI should scare us all, particularly those designed to kill.. If robots are able to “think,” there is no reason to believe that they won’t be able to think for themselves and become the aggressor, one day turning on humans.
Shotgun will be better
They already have good robots which are used to confront barricaded suspects and armed with a shotgun. Needed for school shooters, Las Vegas concert-shooters, etc. Every SWAT team needs one.
This “dog” doesn’t seem to be able to handle recoil so well, and the muzzle climbs each time the weapon is fired. The weapon mounted on a heavier tracked vehicle of some sort would be more practical.
Yea and this won’t go wrong…
It couldn’t hold the barrel down on full auto. Doubt it will be of any use.