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Seattle police spent $360K on a ‘robot dog’ — and they want another

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Source: The Seattle Times Local News – The Seattle Times

The department added the Radeco “Spot” robot designed by Boston Dynamics to its fleet of bomb squad robots. But it’s not clear how much the device will be used.

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