{"id":166621,"date":"2023-06-28T23:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/robotic-dog-turns-up-the-heat-with-a-flamethrower-backpack"},"modified":"2023-06-28T23:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:36:32","slug":"robotic-dog-turns-up-the-heat-with-a-flamethrower-backpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/robotic-dog-turns-up-the-heat-with-a-flamethrower-backpack","title":{"rendered":"Robotic dog turns up the heat with a flamethrower backpack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mh92JL0EBlo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you thought that putting a <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/military\/robot-dog-gun-weapon\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">rifle<\/a> on a robotic dog was daft enough, what about one with an actual flamethrower on its back? Not just a concept, Throwflame is taking preorders for its Thermonator flamethrower-wielding quadruped robot for those who feel their life would be incomplete without one.<\/p>\n<p>As robotic dogs become more sophisticated, they\u2019ve demonstrated any number of new capabilities. They can avoid <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/cheetah-3-mit-blind-robot\/55332\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">obstacles<\/a>, they can <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/mit-cheetah-robot-backflip\/58709\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">handle jerking blows<\/a> that you\u2019d expect to knock them down, they <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/robotics\/robot-dog-spot-boston-dynamics-rocos-new-zealand-farm\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">herd sheep<\/a>, and when they have a moment to themselves they can do <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/robotics\/boston-dynamics-rolling-stones-spot-me-up\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">cute little dances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the question that\u2019s apparently been at the forefront of some people\u2019s mind has been, when are they going to start running around with flamethrowers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought that putting a rifle on a robotic dog was daft enough, what about one with an actual flamethrower on its back? Not just a concept, Throwflame is taking preorders for its Thermonator flamethrower-wielding quadruped robot for those who feel their life would be incomplete without one. As robotic dogs become more sophisticated, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}