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Thermonator is a $10K Flamethrowing Robot Dog. What would anybody need this for? We don’t know. #robots #ai #flamethrower #cooltech #fire #robotics #tech

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Thermonator is a $10K Flamethrowing Robot Dog. What would anybody need this for? We don’t know. #robots #ai #flamethrower #cooltech #fire #robotics #tech

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19 Comments

@anarkidaniel1196

April 25, 2024 at 4:15 pm

That thing can mistakenly burn itself ????????

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- @cooper1095
  
  April 25, 2024 at 4:20 pm
  
  or u ????
  
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@cooper1095

April 25, 2024 at 4:20 pm

“doesn’t bite” but could definitely burn u…

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@trees4584

April 25, 2024 at 4:22 pm

great as a smoke jumpers tool terrifying as a weapon

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@kmurphy0620

April 25, 2024 at 4:27 pm

A heavier duty version with a water hose for fire fighting seems more reasonable

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- @cooper1095
  
  April 25, 2024 at 4:57 pm
  
  definitely
  
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@erintheer

April 25, 2024 at 5:01 pm

I for one welcome our new robot overlords

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@Aragorn7884

April 25, 2024 at 5:03 pm

For when you run out of napalm?
???????? SMH

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@JulianK67

April 25, 2024 at 5:05 pm

Whats the purpose?

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- @maxentityita
  
  April 26, 2024 at 5:19 am
  
  Fire
  
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- @maxentityita
  
  April 26, 2024 at 5:20 am
  
  Ok seriously fire is used by firefighters to burn the terrain before the big fire arrives so it has nothing to burn so I guess that or a YouTube video
  
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@dkgong

April 25, 2024 at 6:14 pm

Damn. Send those to Ukraine to battle test them,

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- @DJ-Ruski
  
  April 26, 2024 at 7:55 am
  
  они скоро и к тебе зайдут
  
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- @peace8366
  
  April 26, 2024 at 2:34 pm
  
  Let’s better send you there into the thick of things
  
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@ryangraf2542

April 25, 2024 at 6:48 pm

Whats the point?

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@gailhitson7340

April 25, 2024 at 10:13 pm

Cool…..where can I get one?

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@jkfdkjjd

April 25, 2024 at 10:43 pm

Someone is going to take one of these on a rampage

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@citizenearth71

April 26, 2024 at 5:18 am

Absolutely adorable!❤

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@c-j-p

April 26, 2024 at 1:09 pm

Mounting a gun on the back creates problems with recoil. So this makes sense for a practical application. This could be sent in to stop the spread of fire by creating firewalls.

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