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Robot dogs are being used to patrol on the US borders, BlackMirror IRL.

Robot dogs are being used to patrol on the US borders, BlackMirror IRL.

The United States Border Patrol Force Is getting a new addition to its Surveillance, Yeah, you heard that right. They are adding new robot dogs to the borders, enabling better security and surveillance, they say.

The DHS [Department of Homeland Security] released new details of robot trials on the southern border of the US. They said that these Robo doggos, “machines” are being tested in various surveillance-focused roles right now, Although they did not share when these bots are going to be ready for full deployment. They did say that the trials were successful and they will continue to work with machines. (Is this Black Mirror in real life?)

by Ghost Robotics | Cr: TheVerge

These new robots are Being built by Ghost Robotics’ a rival to Boston Dynamics, creators of the very much known Spot robot. Ghost Robotics’ popular model, the “Ghost Vision 60” kinda looks like the spotting robot itself. Standing at 2.5 feet high, It weighs nearly 732 kilos.People.And can travel over 7.5 miles in three hours on a single battery charge. Which is pretty impressive on its own.

This machine can autonomously Navigate and can be controlled manually. It can be equipped with many kinds of payloads Like thermal cameras and Night vision cameras too. Previously, Ghost Robotics has shown prototype models with guns for security but the DHS is probably not working on making these robots equipped with arms and ammunition, at least right now.

DHS did outline how they are testing the robot dogs for potential work on the border in a blog post, they said these machines have tried for sentry duty outdoors autonomously, patrolling while carrying cameras and sensors, walking around, and exploring residential buildings including a simulated scenario where they could have potentially hostile individuals.

Many politicians and civil rights groups have criticized the use of such machines as dehumanizing, especially when robots are being used to interact with the public. In the blog post, the DHS does say that robot dogs on the border to airborne drones are force multipliers that help. The DHS at the end of their blog post does conclude, to not be surprised if in the future we see a robot Fido out in the field walking side by side with CBP personnel.

Robot dogs are being used to patrol on the US borders, BlackMirror IRL.

Robot dogs are being used to patrol on the US borders, BlackMirror IRL.

The United States Border Patrol Force Is getting a new addition to its Surveillance, Yeah, you heard that right. They are adding new robot dogs to the borders, enabling better security and surveillance, they say.

The DHS [Department of Homeland Security] released new details of robot trials on the southern border of the US. They said that these Robo doggos, “machines” are being tested in various surveillance-focused roles right now, Although they did not share when these bots are going to be ready for full deployment. They did say that the trials were successful and they will continue to work with machines. (Is this Black Mirror in real life?)

by Ghost Robotics | Cr: TheVerge

These new robots are Being built by Ghost Robotics’ a rival to Boston Dynamics, creators of the very much known Spot robot. Ghost Robotics’ popular model, the “Ghost Vision 60” kinda looks like the spotting robot itself. Standing at 2.5 feet high, It weighs nearly 732 kilos.People.And can travel over 7.5 miles in three hours on a single battery charge. Which is pretty impressive on its own.

This machine can autonomously Navigate and can be controlled manually. It can be equipped with many kinds of payloads Like thermal cameras and Night vision cameras too. Previously, Ghost Robotics has shown prototype models with guns for security but the DHS is probably not working on making these robots equipped with arms and ammunition, at least right now.

DHS did outline how they are testing the robot dogs for potential work on the border in a blog post, they said these machines have tried for sentry duty outdoors autonomously, patrolling while carrying cameras and sensors, walking around, and exploring residential buildings including a simulated scenario where they could have potentially hostile individuals.

Many politicians and civil rights groups have criticized the use of such machines as dehumanizing, especially when robots are being used to interact with the public. In the blog post, the DHS does say that robot dogs on the border to airborne drones are force multipliers that help. The DHS at the end of their blog post does conclude, to not be surprised if in the future we see a robot Fido out in the field walking side by side with CBP personnel.