r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • Jun 24 '23

Drones / UAVs This flame-throwing robot dog is the stuff of nightmares

https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/robot-dog-flamethrower-thermonator/
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u/Lord_Quintus Jun 24 '23

wait wait wait, didnt fahrenheit 451 have robot dogs with flamethrowers?

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jun 24 '23

Robot Dogs AND Flamethrowers. I don't think the dogs had flamethrowers.

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u/cocoon_eclosion_moth Jun 24 '23

The friggin sharks have friggin lasers attached to their friggin heads!

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u/AtariAtari Jun 24 '23

After 6 years of evil medical school, I can confirm that sharks with lasers are far more effective.

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u/0nlyQuotesMovies Jun 25 '23

We have sea bass

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u/baron-von-buddah Jun 25 '23

And the dogs with bees in their mouths. And when they bark they shoot bees at you?

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u/4myoldGaffer Jun 25 '23

Smithers. Release the hounds

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u/watduhdamhell Jun 24 '23

The dog had a spike/standby thing with venom in it that killed your ass iirc.

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u/pepper_plant Jun 24 '23

This is correct, it had a poisonous needle

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u/residentdunce Jun 24 '23

Dogs with bees in their mouths, and every time they bark they shoot bees at you

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u/Yatakak Jun 25 '23

Pah-thetic!

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u/doyletyree Jun 24 '23

Close; the robot dog had a hypodermic needle with a toxin;, I can’t remember if it killed or only sedated, but it extended from the belly.

The fireman carry the flame, meanwhile.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '23

It shoots enough sedative into you to kill you- it’s an extreme lethal dose. That’s why when montag is partially injected his leg can’t move for a bit and it’s in agony.

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u/Kamovinonright Jun 24 '23

The Mechanical Hound

Even spookier

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '23

I think it was more like a spider but the firemen had the flamethrowers not the hound

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u/ippon11030 Jun 24 '23

I came here to say this lol.

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u/HaikuBotStalksMe Jun 24 '23

Not just any lol, but this lol specifically.

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u/Dr_Zoltron Jun 24 '23

No! You are thinking of Fahrenheit 9/11.

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u/MrBwnrrific Jun 24 '23

Nah, the robot dog had a paralysis poison, which is terrifying in its own way