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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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[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They also fall for the classic 'put a blanket and/or some leaves over a hole in the ground' pitfall trap.

They also trigger tripwires pretty regularly and don't have much, if any defense against snares. Dumb shit like oil\lube on the ground will work too

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Hell, I never thought of it before but just throwing a blanket over it would probably do a lot. Would be a fairly simple way to disable it long enough to get to the battery or off button.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 21 hours ago

Memories of the fourth Doctor foiling a Dalek by putting his hat on its eye-stalk.