Daily Mail
- The chilling video shows a robotic dog with a submachine gun strapped to its back and firing outdoors
- It was uploaded by Alexander Atamanov, the founder of a Russian hoverbike company
- The dogbot retails online for about $3,000 – without the gun attached
- The Black Mirror-esque clip is a preview of future warfare as the Pentagon already has shown off lethal robot dogs at Army trade shows
A chilling video reminiscent of Black Mirror of a robot dog opening fire with a submachine gun strapped to its back – uploaded by the Russian founder of a hoverbike company – is a preview of future warfare.
Alexander Atamanov, the founder of a Russian hoverbike company, uploaded the viral video, which shows a UnitreeYushu dogbot that retails online for about $3,000 shooting at snow-covered hills outside, and it appears he was simply creating something to play around with.
At a time when autonomous drones are being used to target terrorists and the US Army has its own sniper rifle-armed robot dog, the video is a terrifying reminder that this type weapon is already a reality.
The robot dog, called a ‘technology dog’ by its manufacturer, appears to be carrying a Russian gun known as a PP-19 Vityaz, a type of submachine gun that’s based on the AK-47 design, according to Vice.
The robot also has strips of Velcro on its sides and a Russian flag is seen on its left flank.
There’s a lot that we don’t know about the dystopian dog’s capabilities, but we can tell that the robot dog has trouble handling the gun’s recoil: each time it fires, the bot has to re-balance itself.
Atamanov, who based on his social media feed seems to enjoy tooling around with military style hardware, posted a picture to his Facebook page showing what looks like the same dogbot, but this time holding a cup of coffee instead of a submachine gun…
