The U.S. government continues to strengthen border security to prevent the illegal crossing of immigrants into the country, which has been on the rise year after year, as well as to reduce the presence of human smugglers, drug smugglers and violence.
"The southern border can be an inhospitable place for man and beast, and that's exactly why a machine may excel there," Brenda Long, S&T program manager, said in a statement.
Robot dogs have been designed with different capabilities using U.S. Army technology and would have to prove that they can adapt to various missions. For example, different types of cameras can be added — thermal, zoom night vision, and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear sensors — just to list a few, S&T reported.
"I think if I throw rocks at it, they are capable of throwing more people at us, I don't know, I don't know what to react," said Armando Andrade, a Michoacan migrant, adding that when crossing the border, you don't want to run into anything. Migrants still seeking to reach the United States added that after seeing these images, they have one more obstacle in their dream of crossing the border, not only border patrol agents but also their technology.Pro-immigrant activists opined on this new technology that for them it lacks humanity.
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