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Update the safety brief: the flame-throwing robot dog is here
The company sells a variety of devices like the TF-19 WASP, a drone with a flamethrower attachment.

BY PATTY NIEBERG | PUBLISHED APR 26, 2024 2:20 PM EDT
   
Prepare to update the safety brief again: a flame-throwing robot dog can now be yours for less than $10,000.


The Thermonator is the first-ever robot dog equipped with the ARC Flamethrower “to deliver on-demand fire anywhere.” The company behind the dog, Throw Flame, has made a name for itself creating commercial flame throwing devices like the TF-19 WASP, drone flamethrower attachment. The ARC Flamethrower, which is attached to the robot dog, can send 30-foot-long streams of fire up and be mounted on other devices like a tripod, rifle or utility task vehicle, or UTV.

The company is marketing the robot-flamethrower combo for uses like wildfire control and prevention, snow and ice removal and of course, entertainment. For $9,420, Throw Flame will ship the Thermonator anywhere in the U.S with a lifetime warranty.

When Throw Flame produced the WASP drone in 2020, its CEO told Task & Purpose that there had been an uptick in its backpack-style flamethrowers during the emerging threat of the so-called murder hornet.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/flame-throwing-robot-dog-on-sale/
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Re: Update the safety brief: the flame-throwing robot dog is here
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2024, 04:12:55 pm »
I can see the potential for some really bad things happening with this "dog." *bouche*
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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Re: Update the safety brief: the flame-throwing robot dog is here
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2024, 04:23:08 pm »
I can see the potential for some really bad things happening with this "dog." *bouche*
Me, too.
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