The police of the USA began to use robodogs of Boston Dynamics as sappers

At the end of November, 2019 it became known that the police of the state Massachusetts began to use Boston Dynamics robots as sappers. On service of law enforcement agencies was the Spot model is leased.

What tasks will be carried out by the robot, is not reported. The police only say that Boston Dynamics Spot, as well as other robots of department, was used as "the mobile device of remote observation" for providing to law enforcement officers images of suspicious devices or potentially dangerous places where the armed suspect can disappear.

It became known that the police of the state Massachusetts began to use Boston Dynamics robots as sappers

It is also known that the robot was involved in two police transactions. However about what there is a speech, the police do not speak.

According to the edition, Boston Dynamics company prohibits to use robodogs as weapon — in the lease agreement is point on it. According to the vice president of Boston Dynamics for business development Michael Perry, it is one of the reasons why the company does not sell robots, and leases them — in case of abuse of regulations Boston Dynamics can take away the robot.

Nevertheless, the American union of protection of civil liberties (ACLU) has doubts concerning the fact that the police, having leased the robot, will accurately follow all clauses of the contract about not arms. In memory there is a case when Dallas police supplied with explosive of the normal robot intelligence agent by means of whom neutralized the criminal who opened fire. From the got wounds the shooter died on site.

The police of the state claim Massachusetts that robots were not used as weapon and were not applied against people.

At the moment our main interest is in sending the robot to situations when you want to collect information in the place, dangerous for the person — Perry told.[1]

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