FDNY’s new robot dog makes its first appearance in NYC

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The FDNY examined a new robot dog the division will use for search-and-rescue missions — providing a first glimpse of the four-legged firefighter, unique footage reveals.

Smoke eaters took the $75,000 robo-pooch named Spot — which may sniff out harmful gases and accumulate structural security knowledge — for a stroll up the steps of City Hall on Thursday.

Though the mechanical mutt has much less appeal than a firehouse Dalmatian, it’s constructed to gauge the integrity of smoldering buildings and descend deep underground after a fireplace or constructing collapse, the FDNY stated.

Mayor Eric Adams walks with the FDNY's new robot dog. — Mayor Eric Adams walks with the FDNY’s new robot dog.

Boston Dynamics robot FDNY — The robot dog was examined out on Thursday.

A Boston Dynamics robot dog that was purchased by New York City for search and rescue use by the FDNY being tested in front of city hall in New York, NY on March 31, — A Boston Dynamics robot dog that was bought by New York City for search and rescue use by the FDNY is examined in entrance of City Hall.

The division additionally showcased the brilliant yellow gadget to Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday, and officers are already being skilled on how you can use it, in keeping with the hearth officers.

The division purchased two of the human-controlled robot K9s made by Boston Dynamics — the identical agency that leased the NYPD its since-scrapped robot dog final yr.

Last yr, critics howled that the NYPD’s mechanical pooch was an instance of dystopian “surveillance” and overly aggressive policing after footage of the system patrolling a housing advanced in the Bronx emerged.