[joreilly]

Eh, robots are tools, and like most, they'll be used and abused. ANYmal and Boston Dynamics Spot are currently being used for automated site inspections, and most of the top spots for the recent DARPA subterranean challenge were legged robots [1]. Of course, you also have companies like Ghost Robotics which are weaponising their platform [2]. Should we have not made airplanes because someone would eventually put bombs on them?

I'm sure there's a lot more philosophical depth to the topic, and perhaps my quick dismissal of your criticism is equally unproductive as your comment, but I see a use-case for these (frankly super cool) robots in every day society/workplaces.

[1]: https://www.subtchallenge.com/results.html [2]: https://www.engadget.com/robot-dog-gun-ghost-robotics-sword-...

[freemint]

Ghost robotics design is a joke. You lose a really a lot of fire power by not being able to turn turn the gun.