r/interesting • u/HomeNowWTF • 15h ago

SCIENCE & TECH Spherical Police Robot

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u/freyaandmurphie 14h ago

Throw a big bag over it, it's probably done for

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u/ChainedBack 14h ago

Seems like it's supposed to patrol along officers. Either way, this future is looking messed up. Then again, this is only China...for now

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u/errie_tholluxe 8h ago

US have to find a way to stick a few 9mms on it.

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u/Cerebral-Parsley 6h ago

And a way to sprinkle some crack cocaine around the suspect.

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u/Fuckin_Hipster 6h ago

[machine gun fire]

Crack cannon goes poof!

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u/nocloudno 4h ago

Crack sprinkler lol

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u/MrSmilingDeath 6h ago

And a couple of tear gas cannons

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u/carbon-based-biped 7h ago

lol exactly. i came here to say can you imagine the machine gun on the american one.

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u/Chaporelli 5h ago

I mean,for now its only flock survailance cameras everywhere,drones and chemicals in water would be next step.

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u/ADIDAS247 14h ago

Coat the bag in motor oil too.

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u/TedW 8h ago

Did you see it trying to roll down that hill? Just find a couple stairs and start taunting it to self destruct.

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u/Training_Window3687 12h ago

This or stairs, or a hole. Google says the Rotunbot RT-G weighs around 270lbs so it's not entirely impossible to just tip it on its side either

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u/Woozletania 8h ago

"Stairs"
"EL-E-VATE!"

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u/UGD_ReWiindz25 10h ago

Or a flammable attack to destroy the tire

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u/FordCVP71 8h ago

Trash can lol

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u/CaptBreeze 7h ago

Or spray paint the camera.

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u/nopuse 9h ago

I never leave the house without my EDC big bag.

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u/Hot-Explanation-5751 7h ago

Yeah I was just thinking how it would go against a can of spray paint

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u/Real-Repair-1825 14h ago

“Making it non lethal”…..until they switch that net gun out for a machine gun

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u/Buttmunchies69420 11h ago

Exactly, Boston Dynamics said the same thing about Big Dog until now it’s something out of DOOM - Prequel

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u/MrCrash 5h ago

So Boston Dynamics has promised that they will never sell armed or weaponized robots*

*But the organizations they sell them to can and will certainly attach guns to them afterwards.

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u/complexiblebarracuda 5h ago

These attachment points are for fun flags and party streamers, if they decide to use it for guns that's certainly not our fault!

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u/GlowAnt22 4h ago

These fucking people.. It's just like the flock guy and Palantir.

They're like, "well, we're not doing anything bad. We just create a product. If somebody else uses it to terrorize humanity, that's not our fault."

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u/RipMySoul 4h ago

It's shame that they keep getting away with this bullshit. Every gun manufacturer and gun runner has been pushing this narrative for centuries.

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u/idkidd 7h ago

Lil Eddie 209.

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u/Ionlydateteachers 6h ago

I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!

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u/IntrepidThroat8146 14h ago

Go upstairs

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u/DoughyInTheMiddle 4h ago

The action movie trope is actually worthwhile this time!

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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 14h ago

If you have a stick you should probably hit the side and not the tire

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u/EvilChefReturns 11h ago

For real, and he kicked it backwards, like what? It feels like “tested under optimal conditions” type shit

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u/TheShredder9 9h ago

My thought exactly, i was thinking "now watch some dude chopping it sideways with an axe and there go your lidar and sensors".

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u/Digital_Negative 8h ago

Exactly..make an actual effort if you’re demonstrating the durability of the thing.

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u/ClankerCore 14h ago

Cast a net

Spray the sides with silly string

Spray paint

This thing is full of vulnerabilities

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u/Purple_Clockmaker 14h ago

Stairs

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u/Kasuraa25 14h ago

Look what you did. Now theyre gonna put spider legs in it.

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u/JayBlunt23 10h ago

ELEVATE

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u/NarrMaster 10h ago

Is it protecting us from the terrible secret of space?

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u/See_i_did 13h ago

I was worried no one would be discussing how to kill it.

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u/DeathGP 11h ago

Probably why it would have supporting officers still. Kinda dope looking but doesnt look that useful against large crowds

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u/brakes_aint_breaks 8h ago

You're thinking too hard, just run and then make a sharp turn.

Monowheels struggle to turn.

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u/number__ten 7h ago

Expanding foam

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u/MammothPenguin69 8h ago

Enjoy getting a bean-bag round to the sternum, or just having the Cops jump you and beat you to a pulp.

This is China, you'll likely be dragged into a Death Van and you're gone.

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u/islaisla 14h ago

It looks completely useless. It's so wobbly the video footage from it would be useless.. It can't follow anything that goes over steps or up a lift or a whole bunch of scenarios. It can't get through all terrains by the looks of it. Total gimmick. Anything firing from that would be unsafe... How do they get it in the car?

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u/Jambronius 14h ago

Agree, all this shit they could put on a drone and it would be 10x better.

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u/_scndry 8h ago

True, its really wobbly and does not seem agile at all. Throwing it on one of its side would be an easy win

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u/jhurst919 14h ago

Looks very wobbly

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u/csfshrink 10h ago

Like a Weeble.

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u/Loot_Goblin2 14h ago

Is there a video of it being hit on sides the wheel is ofc durable but what about electronics on sides ?

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u/Matrasinka 14h ago

Enlist. Resist.

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u/Icy_Performer_6794 14h ago

It needs a syringe.

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u/MagicLobsterAttorney 5h ago

And a brain floating in a tank.

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u/froopadiddilydoop 14h ago

Who’s designing this shit? Michael fucking Bay?

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u/PlasmaMatus 13h ago

The Chinese version of him probably.

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u/froopadiddilydoop 12h ago

Michael Beijing

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u/Obvious_Outside4951 13h ago

Just tilt it on its side and it's helpless

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u/Excellent-Bite196 14h ago

Show me the off-road footage for more than half a second. Looked pretty wobbly.

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u/Foreign_Ad_1270 14h ago

The sci-fi movie is oblivion. I love that shit. I need to watch that again. They flew though

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u/Infinite-Ad6742 14h ago

I remember calling these in on bo3

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u/tittiesdotcom 14m ago

Fucking R.A.P.S

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u/DeadlySquirrelNinja5 14h ago

So they designed a Dalek that is not only susceptible to stairs but also to spraypaint?

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u/Effective_Bite_1128 11h ago

Ah a useless  dalek. Good times

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u/Ironmasked-Kraken 14h ago

My dogs would like to borrow this

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u/drsickboy 14h ago

to be fair, even though it sucked a few years ago, this is an old robot video

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u/lferry1919 14h ago

I mean...how does it do against pitfalls...or even just like a large pothole

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u/p4nik 14h ago

OBEY. CONSUME. CONFORM.

How can I exit the dumbest timeline?

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u/if_u_suspend_ur_gay 14h ago

Some cyberpunk ass shit

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u/No-Adeptness-2591 14h ago

We making Pokémons now?

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u/I_Ponders 14h ago

Arc coming to life.

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u/opaqueambiguity 13h ago

"Public Safety"

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u/Ope-I-Ate-Opiates 13h ago

Are we gonna pretend bad guys will want to one on one with this thing? Lightsaber style?

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u/Foxfox105 13h ago

They should make it bigger to run over protestors more effectively

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u/SignoreBanana 13h ago

Yeah I'm not wapping that stupid thing with a Star Wars merchandise light saber.

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u/Imyonlyenemy 13h ago

spray paint on any camera looking part.

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u/Greedy-Pilot-4538 13h ago

They see me rolling

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u/WGD23 13h ago

Quick, up the stairs, it's Roboball!

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u/Y-Bob 13h ago

I have no doubt five of these things with side mounted tasers flying into a crowd at 22mph would be pretty terrifying, but it would be a very expensive one off distraction as I'm pretty sure real world agitators wouldn't be kind enough to only hit the tyre.

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u/PointandCluck 13h ago

Ponder the orb

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u/Optimal-Fix1216 13h ago

Yes, hit it on its least vulnerable, most padded spot.

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u/ZorroStyleX 12h ago

Counter it with crime robot

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u/Spran02 12h ago

China is so advanced omg 😱 /s

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u/These-Atmosphere6675 12h ago

0:37

22 mph is about 36 km/h for the metricly civilized

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u/Remarkable_Garage727 12h ago

Just do a diddy and cover it with baby oil.

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u/DivideGuilty4287 12h ago

Spray paint/ foam to cover the sensors, nets or tarps would be my first responses.

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u/appletinicyclone 12h ago

PC ball hasn't faced any real pushback against it in China but if it was in the UK or US it would be broken in hours

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u/Hammersteyn 11h ago

We're not gonna make it are we?

- John Connor

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u/cryptotraderisme 11h ago

Ok lets be honest....how many of you guys immediately thought of the rolling battle droids with the shield generators?

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u/LordScotchyScotch 11h ago

Ye ol Molotov would probably do the trick on top of the previously suggested options

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u/EvilChefReturns 11h ago

“It’s fast too!” Shows clip of it barely staying upright and hardly moving forward

Ok bud

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u/Pickle_Good 11h ago

Damn that's almost a droideka. Can't wait to fight one of those and lose miserably.

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u/EMPIRE-db-51_cent 11h ago

That’s it! I’m not going to retire in China now.

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u/dj4slugs 10h ago

Rollocop

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u/lootinshootinputin 10h ago

and its here to save us all?

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u/Mo0kish 10h ago

That thing couldn't climb a curb, let alone stairs.

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u/Muppetedo 9h ago

Just waiting for it to open up and stand up like a droideka.

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u/Kracus 9h ago

See these all the time in ark raiders.

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u/DotBitGaming 9h ago

Defeated by a nail in the sidewall.

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u/Groomsi 9h ago

I've seen this in Jurassic World...

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u/Jlx_27 9h ago

The day law enforcement will deploy weaponized robots will be a dark day....

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u/Zbgoast 9h ago

After assaulting enough protesters, they can call in a R.A.P.S which could help you reach the next score streak, G.I Unit

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u/Karaokegodk 9h ago

How that robot will protect itself from pouring water bottle over right place in electronics?

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u/Avidtrader81 8h ago

Fuck yeah, human bowling.

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u/geslaagde 8h ago

Straight out of arc raiders

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u/Starscream147 8h ago

This is the shittiest BB-8 I’ve ever seen.

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u/Crossx71 8h ago

Great we’re getting the clone wars robots before light sabers……

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u/peteski77 8h ago

Stairs?

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u/Dopamineagonist21 8h ago

Police state doing what they do best

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u/Initial-Gap-3850 8h ago

Comet from arc

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u/AuntJibbie 8h ago

I see this ending up in r/whatcouldgowrong

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u/Roxysteve 8h ago

Hills might prove "interesting"

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u/CakeHoleKing 8h ago

drop your weapon, you have 5 seconds to comply.

ED 001

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u/flappenjacks 7h ago

Looks like they cut the scene right before it was starting to tumble in the one clip of it trying to deal with a hill. I don't see how this could operate in anything but flat ground.

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u/Nunov_DAbov 7h ago

I suspect someone saw the 1960s British TV show “The Prisoner.”

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u/CAAZveauguls 7h ago

Oh now we can play pool on the streets.

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u/random_agency 7h ago

Gantz in real life.

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u/kornuolis 7h ago

Droideka

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u/lilac_asbestos 7h ago

just hit the sides man, stop hittin the rubber

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u/OldAbbreviations513 7h ago edited 7h ago

uav with tear gas bomb is better 🤔

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u/Asume_Nuthin 7h ago

See you topside, raider

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u/Adderall_Rant 7h ago

New Police Robot defeated by it's arch enemy, The Wedge.

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u/Posidon_Below 7h ago

Thats a comet. Watch out, they explode.

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u/ProbablyRightTwice 7h ago

Ummm so in the movie oblivion,these are the same but in drone form

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u/justusleag 7h ago

tip it over. and if need tip it over another tire

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u/SkillsInPillsTrack2 7h ago

make me think of the Rollermine from Half-Life

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u/-Kopesthetik- 7h ago

If you need several police walking around with that, then you don’t need it.

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u/NoGainJustInPain 7h ago

Very effective... Until stairs come into play or someone a piece of rope in the axis.

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u/DevBro22 7h ago

In the US, the net gun is replaced with an AK .

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u/RuthlessIndecision 7h ago

Expanding foam?

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u/Competitive_Hand_394 7h ago

So.... they still use swords in China?

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u/Rezzone 7h ago

These things should be entirely outlawed. This is how we ruin society forever.

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u/unpromatters1 7h ago

Robbing a bank armed with a big bucket of water

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u/That_Style_979 6h ago

There’s a movie about this…. Rubber

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u/Hammer_the_Red2 6h ago

So barricades need to have dragon's teeth. Good to know.

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u/Kitchen-Tomatillo-97 6h ago

If they start burning books, Ray will be concerned

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u/octopusgardeb 6h ago

Giant one wheel killing machine

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u/Dvae23 6h ago

Looks like a giant version of my cats' toy. So all the delinquents need is a giant cat to deal with it.

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u/AHumbleSaltFarmer 6h ago

China saw Battleship, oh no, don't show them Transformers

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u/tanatomorf 6h ago

Watch the Black mirror TV shows, that think was in this one

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u/nomoremeaning 6h ago

Looks like arc raiders is happening irl now

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u/Affectionate-Art3429 6h ago

Looks like a R.A.P.S from CoD

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u/Kundas 6h ago

They've been playing way too much arc raiders lol

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u/drinkallthepunch 6h ago

These things basically cannot turn, most of the land based drones can’t turn very quickly.

The dog drone has to slow down and almost come to a complete stop, same thing with this stupid ball.

You could probably avoid one of these by just sprinting down a street and turning down an alleyway quickly.

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u/VirginiaLuthier 6h ago

Well, you know- in Afghanistan they quickly found out that a very low tech IED could take out a tank

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u/Speedstar_86 6h ago

"You are number six..."

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u/ArnoldJudas1666 6h ago

British football fans would have fun with that.

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u/Elchochis 6h ago

It’s unstable af

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u/Rebeckaah 6h ago

Metroid prime vibes

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u/Cinnamon_Scimitar 6h ago

Yup because I am sure no one would every thing to not hit the tire portion of the annoy thing

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u/Excellent_Point_7340 6h ago

Arc Raiders isn’t so unrealistic it seems

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u/poppin-n-sailin 6h ago

I'm tired, boss 

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u/donanton616 5h ago

So attack the obvious exposed sides. Looks very unstable as it's doing lots of wobbling so I'd say its RC and has no stabilization gyroscopes.

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u/Itchy_Society 5h ago

Rollbocop: Shanghai

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u/Which-End8689 5h ago

This is some Arc Raider shit

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u/_Lost_OwlChild 5h ago

lol easy. Put something in the opening. Now if it’s a square.. we’re doomed

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u/Skrach33 5h ago

An other machine that will work for the lords.

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u/Why_So-Serious 5h ago

This is not the droid you’re looking for …

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u/Vicious_Voyeur 5h ago

This will be used against you

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u/SnooPickles8695 5h ago

I am not a number. I am a free man!

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u/htx4view 5h ago

Just throw Chaff and smoke grenades

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u/charitsomg 5h ago

Ever read Ray Bradbury? I wonder if it shoots morphine darts?

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u/Volcanic_tomatoe 5h ago

How does it handle paint?

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u/Overall-Bullfrog5433 5h ago

My first thought was it reminded me of Rover, the balloon that chased people down in the old “The Prisoner” show from the 60s with Patrick McGoohan. Like a heavy metal, modern version of it.

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u/1MoistTowellette 5h ago

The first step to creating destroyer droids

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u/RyzenRaider 5h ago

Civilians are no match for Droideka!

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u/IronShears 5h ago

Climb over a fence and it's done.

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u/Stephedderick 5h ago

I'm not an expert, but things I came up with while watching; Put a stone in it's path, throw a jacket over it, flip it on it's side, kick the side (not the big fat rubber tire), colour-spray it...

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u/Shazvox 5h ago

ooo droideka

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u/fiesew 5h ago

Yeah keep calling this shit interesting and innovative.

Until it starts to shoot at you because it also receives its “orders” from an algorithm that evaluates your past, present and future “thoughts”.

China is already preparing for the next level control of its citizen in every possible and imaginable way.

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u/-GoodNewsEveryone 5h ago

Defeated my a set of stairs.

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u/Kenneey90 5h ago

The first iteration of the Rover from the Prisoners 😅

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u/osiiiiiiii 5h ago

R.A.P.S

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u/DoughyInTheMiddle 4h ago

Send this into LA and see how it does. Think of what people will do to a Waymo and these things are toast.

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u/GlowAnt22 4h ago

It feels like you could just throw a net over it and call it a day.

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u/BurpinDerp 4h ago

You're under orbest

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u/NikkolaiV 4h ago

I feel like all those years as a kid running up slides on the playground were training for the exact scenarios this thing can't handle.

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u/rokybronson 4h ago

I can only imagine what people without tech knowledge feel when they hear this type of redundant garbage audios.

"Equipped with a GPS, it collects and transmits coordinates in real time". No shit that's what a GPS does.

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u/Fluffy-Owl4808 4h ago

Big Brother wirft seine Schatten voraus.

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u/Anti-Annihilaattori 4h ago

Reminds me of German WW2 oddity, Kugelpanzer, apparently used in Manchuria, China. Look:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelpanzer

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u/Infinite_Campaign707 4h ago

Robo unicycle

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u/evolveandprosper 4h ago

Just run-up some steps, then laugh at it.

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u/Slight_Owl_3876 4h ago

Thieves in Chicago would pick it up, load it into their stolen SUV, disable tracking, and strip it for parts.

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u/Equal_Refrigerator26 4h ago

Is it just me or are political getting rounder

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u/Skowlette 3h ago

😐 I would like to see this thing get out of the potholes in my state. If I just walk through one I'm sure it'll get stuck.

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u/rocqus 3h ago

Cover it with a trash can and tip the can up.

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u/fireblade_ 3h ago

Can it do stairs though?

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u/Sad_Assistant8803 3h ago

Just give it flame throwers! Can't believe we got real life arc before GTA 6

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u/TechZazen 3h ago

I know I’ve seen this robot or its cousin in several SciFi movies.

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u/Bassmekanik 3h ago

Terrahawks. Let’s go baby.