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.
What’s the robot dog going to do? I don’t think it’s very strong and I’m reasonably confident that I can outwit it.
Even Boston dynamics really only advertises it for things like inspections of hazardous areas or remote locations. What’s it going to do carry their lunch?