Ghost robotics dogs will guard the US border with Mexico

Robotics dogs are being assigned to patrol the southern border of the United States with Mexico. However, critics say the move would exacerbate the anti-immigrant atmosphere and the already unfavorable and inhumane conditions in the region. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Tuesday it is handing over surveillance of the country's southern border with Mexico to robot dogs. The initiative is aimed at assisting US Customs and Protection (CPP) personnel. 

The department said the robot dog deployment program aims to increase the presence of CPS at borders by using technology to reduce threats to human life. According to Brand Elong, program manager at the Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) in Homeland Security, the southern border may not have a favorable environment for humans and animals. That's why a machine can perform better there. 

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Elong added that the project, led by S&T, is focusing on automated ground surveillance vehicles, or what we call 'ABSways'. Critics initially linked the unveiling of robot dogs by a company called Ghost Robotics to one of the science fiction concepts presented in the television show Back Mirror. In these sci-fi movies, the worst situations are presented. 

The robot company is working with DHS on this project. Last year, a robot dog with a gun on its back was unveiled. Critics of the technology have strongly criticized it, saying it is inhumane and offensive, even if DES believes semi-automatic drones are the cause of the increase in power. The American Civil Liberties Union, a non-profit and advocacy group working for civil liberties in the United States, said the Biden administration should immediately freeze the robot dogs program. The ACLO said in a tweet: "The DHS's plan to use robot dogs at the border is destructive to civil liberties". 

The government must react to this plan and the Biden administration must stop our country from moving towards anti-immigrant conditions. However, Gavin Connelly, chief product officer at Ghost Robotics, says the company's 100-pound robot dog was genocide in a way that is well suited to CBP work. Kanelli added that this is a powerful four-legged robot. It can walk on any kind of land including sand, rocks and hills, and man-made stairs. 

Despite the harsh and unfavorable conditions on the border between the United States and Mexico, the DHS claims that there is a lot of illegal activity in these desolate areas. According to Brett Baker of the CBP's Innovation Team: Like any other place, you are exposed to traditional criminal activity. But at the border, you face human trafficking and other illegal goods, including drug trafficking. These include arms or possibly WMD (smuggling of weapons of mass destruction).