You Can Now Buy a Flamethrower-Wielding Robotic Dog for Less Than $10,000 — and It's Legal in 48 U.S. States

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A U.S. company is taking orders for the world's first flamethrower-wielding robotic dog, known simply as ‘The Thermonator’, and it is somehow seemingly completely legal to own under Federal law in most states.

As reported by Ars Technica, Cleveland-based company Throwflame is selling The Thermonator for a mere $9,420. It is a four-legged robotic companion that comes fully equipped with a back-mounted, state of the art flamethrower.

The 37lb robotic hellhound, which looks like it was ripped from the virtual pages of PlayStation game Horizon:

Dawn, is capable of navigating using Lidar mapping, and can be ordered to spray streams of fire at the press of a button, remotely over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth uaing a handheld controller.

YES THE INSANE VIDEO BELOW IS THE ACTUAL COMPANY’S ACTUAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS PRODUCT!!!!!



Said firepower comes courtesy of the company’s all-electric ARC flamethrower, which uses a plasma arc system to ignite a stream of gasoline fuel up to a range of 30ft. While there are a number of legitimate reasons for owning and using a flamethrower, such as land clearance, or perhaps overzealous de-icing activities, it's difficult to see why the average person would need to own such an utter danger pooch.
 
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Leave it to cacs to turn transformative tech that could potentially enhance and save lives into destructive weapons.

I can almost guarantee this will be used for nefarious purposes. If worrying about lunatic incels cacs with AR15's wasn't enough now we have to worry about them having flame throwing robot dogs. Its a ridiculous and spiritually bankrupt society we live in.
 

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I guess the one with the gun strapped to it's back was bad optics huh?!?!:heh: but this is ok???
 

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Leave it to cacs to turn transformative tech that could potentially enhance and save lives into destructive weapons.

I can almost guarantee this will be used for nefarious purposes. If worrying about lunatic incels cacs with AR15's wasn't enough now we have to worry about them having flame throwing robot dogs. Its a ridiculous and spiritually bankrupt society we live in.


So are you gonna buy one or not? Otherwise, stay in the house.
 
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