Russians develop machine-gun-toting robot dog may be testing in Ukraine

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 Boston Dynamic’s version of a 5-feet-tall, 190-pound “humanoid robot” named Atlas was released on video on July 17th. It was running and leaping over obstacles. A smaller version of BD’s robot dog has been deployed by the NY police department since 2020.

It’s not surprising that netizens are connecting the machine gun toting robot dog to the U.S. company’s designs.

The Twitter post by @sonicmega, also references the “Funny Dancing Robot Dogs” made by Boston Dynamics.

A user claimed that the robot must be fake. But then the original post was found on YouTube. In March a Russian businessman, Alexander Atamanov, showed the original video.

It appears to have been taken in Russian territory. On the left of the screen is the Russian flag. And on the right is the insignia of the Russian Special Operations Forces, a wolf’s head.

There is also a parked armored vehicle with identification marks BRDM-2 seen in the video. The unusual triangular door with the same lettering has been recently spotted on military vehicles in Russian occupied Ukraine.