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Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’ called the Thermonator
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Touted as “your ultimate firepower companion”, the robot’s uses include wildlife control and prevention, agricultural management, ecological conservation, and snow and ice removal, as well as entertainment and special effects, Throwflame said.
Following reports of the Thermonator’s release, some people were swift to mock the innovation on social media with comments such as “Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.”
In the episode, a woman attempts to survive a post-apocalyptic world overrun with deadly robot dogs.
Under Maryland’s state law, destructive devices mean explosive, incendiary or toxic material that is combined with a delivery or detonating apparatus so as to be capable of inflicting injury to persons or damage to property.
They also include devices that have been deliberately modified, containerized or otherwise equipped with a special delivery, activation or detonation component that gives the material destructive characteristics of a military ordnance.
Meanwhile in California, residents are required to obtain a permit if they wish to possess a flamethrower that has a firing range of more than 10ft, CNN reported.
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