As more and more manufacturing is automated by sophisticated robots and clever software-driven efficiencies, the humans who have traditionally screwed new cars and trucks together have become understandably worried about losing their entire existence to machines. Amidst this concern, we bet that few, if any, laborers ever worried about the threat of mechanized canines, though. Well, Ford now has those, and it's officially time to start freaking out. Yes, even you, non-assembly-line workers.
Thanks to YouTube clips of Boston Dynamics' four-legged demon machines, we all should be acutely terrified of these Terminator-style quadrupeds. Have you ever been chased by a mean dog? Now, imagine that scenario with a robotic dog—one that can literally seek you out using lasers and heat tracing to pursue you tirelessly over any terrain. That Ford is openly bragging about its dog-like robots, which are sourced from Boston Dynamics and sadistically named "Fluffy" and "Spot," is strange enough. That Fluffy and Spot apparently serve any purpose outside of humankind's extinction is even stranger.
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