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The Truth is Stranger than Fiction: Robot dogs could patrol the US-Mexico border

By immigrationprof

If I made this stuff up, I no doubt would get objections from all quarters.  As the old adage goes, truth is stranger than fiction.

Will the US/Mexico border soon look like it is a something out of the great apocalyptic film Escape from New York?

 

 

Check out this report (Robot dogs could patrol the US-Mexico border) by Catherine E. Shoichet for CNN.  She writes:

“The photos look like a scene out of science fiction: Robot dogs patrolling the US-Mexico border, climbing over harsh terrain to search for threats and contraband.

But these images are real.
 
The Department of Homeland Security recently released them as it revealed details about how it’s testing the technology.
Officials praised the robots’ potential as a `force multiplier’ that could boost Border Patrol agents’ safety by reducing their exposure to life-threatening hazards. An article touting the tests on the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s website notes that someday the dogs, officially known as Automated Ground Surveillance Vehicles, could become `a CBP agent or officer’s best friend.'”
 
Check out the robot dogs.  

Pets are popular.  But robot dogs patrolling the border have their critics. 

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