ICE Plans to Purchase Robot Dogs

Saturday, August 29, 2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs, according to a federal procurement notice.

The Boston Dynamic SPOT Robots will help "support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remotely operated robotic capability for inspection, situational awareness, and hazard assessment in environments that may pose risks to personnel," according to the notice.

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"This plan purchased by ICE of robot dogs comes a few weeks after the agency decided to purchase as much as $20 million worth of electric shock gloves for officers to wear during immigration operations.

There's a saying that many of us will be familiar with.

It goes, "The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."

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What could possibly go wrong?

(maybe one of these idiots will pet a robodog with his electric gloves on?)

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-29 09:34 PM | Reply

... The Boston Dynamic SPOT Robots will help "support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remotely operated robotic capability ...

How long before the dog robots are given autonomous operating abilities?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-29 09:34 PM | Reply

... and speaking of robot dogs ...

I turn my attention to China and its recent ~robot expo~ that showed what their human-like robots are capable of doing.

Aside from running very quickly (and subsequently crashing into a wall and bursting into flames because they don't yet know how to slow down and stop...), there were hundreds of those robots.

My first thought was not, ~gee, how can those robots help humanity?~

No, my first thought was, ~holy pasture pastries, what happens to our soldiers if they face wave after wave of thousands of those robots coming at them?~

Warfare is changing.

Significantly, and quickly.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-29 10:43 PM | Reply