The Wichita City Council narrowly approved a $340,000 purchase of a single robot dog for the Wichita Police Department after a 4–3 vote, following weeks of discussion about cost, oversight, and use.

The Wichita Police Department will purchase one robot dog from Boston Dynamics for its bomb squad. Screenshot from City of Wichita YouTube Wichita police will buy a single robot dog for $340,000, the ...

Boston Dynamics created its own version of the quadruped robots and made it available to the public nearly six years ago.

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot dog, enhanced with AI by Asylon, is now capable of nonstop security patrols and asset tracking, marking a leap in automated surveillance technology. At the same time, ...