This robot dog with a rocket launcher on its back is the stuff of nightmares
This is how mankind ends.
BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON | PUBLISHED AUG 15, 2022 4:10 PM
When the robot apocalypse comes it will be on four legs and accompanied by calls of “good boy.” At least, that seems to be the route the world is heading in as more companies and militaries focus on the robot dog. Videos showcasing their improved movement, coordination and speed have been steady over recent years. Developers and militaries have praised their agility and potential usefulness on the battlefield.
Well now here’s a robot dog dressed as a ninja with a rocket launcher on its back.
The video, originally shared by state-run Russian news site RIA Novosti on Telegram, comes from the Army 2022 arms fair happening this week in Moscow. On its back appears to be an RPG-26, an anti-tank rocket launcher. The robot dog is an M-81, capable of both transporting weapons and firing them remotely. But wait, there’s more. RIA Novosti notes in its post that “for civilian purposes it can be used in the emergency zone for reconnaissance, passage through rubble and delivery of medicines.” That sounds wholesome. But does this look wholesome?
The all-black cloth outfit leaves all but cameras on the “head” concealed, giving off the vibe of a classic movie ninja, but with a rocket launcher on its back. The machine bounces and bounds on fast stomping limbs. Forget the rocket, the robot dog on its own is just terrifying. The explosive payload it bears is just an added bit of dread. Despite the clear lethality of such a creation, guests at the arms fair looked amused by the mobile anti-tank robot dog scurrying around the convention floor. Clearly it has not set in for them how creepy this can be.
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