Viral Video Shows FDNY Robot Dog Lying Down on the Job
The New York City Fire Department deployed the pricey bionic pooch to the rubble of a partially collapsed Manhattan parking garage.
PAU BARRENA
A video of one of the New York City Fire Department’s $75,000 automated Dalmatians falling over while inspecting the ruins of a toppled parking garage has racked up hundreds of thousands of views on Twitter. The clip shows the mechanical canine attempting to scale a slab of concrete at what used to be a four-story parking deck that partially caved in Monday afternoon and killed one person. The remote-controlled rover slipped and dropped onto its side, and didn’t get up before the recording concluded. The FDNY did not immediately respond to questions about whether the dog-droid had malfunctioned or sustained damage. The agency earlier touted the use of the controversial Boston Dynamics-built devices on social media.
The @FDNY robot dog on the scene. #fidi #garagecollapse pic.twitter.com/JAHc3abVsD
— DaDa Rocks! (@dadarocks) April 18, 2023
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