Police say the new four-legged robot can scale difficult terrain and will assist during some of their most challenging calls.
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A new type of “K-9″ is joining the Portland Police Bureau. But it’s not like any other dog you’ve likely seen. “Spot” the four-legged robot is manufactured by Boston Dynamics and Portland police said at a news conference Thursday that he’ll be used in many ways, including bomb disposal.
The Boston Dynamics robot, model name Spot, will join six older robot models already assigned to the Metro Explosives Disposal Unit, a group of 16 bomb technicians and seven K-9 teams from police agencies across the Portland area. Similar robots have sparked controversy elsewhere.
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The Port of Portland Police Department and the Portland Police Bureau are teaming up on Thursday to unveil a new robot dog that will be deployed for “dangerous tactical incidents,” authorities
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Palomar is hard to miss. The award-winning Cuban cocktail bar sits at the bottom of a 70-foot mural of a woman with hair made from living plants; a trogon — the national bird of Cuba — perched on her shoulder.