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Plainfield robotics company wins $1.3M ICE contract for robot dogs
Original: Plainfield robotics company lands $1.3M ICE contract for enhanced robot dogs
A robotics company based in Plainfield, Connecticut has been awarded a $1.3 million contract by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deliver enhanced robot dogs. The deal, reported by the Hartford Business Journal, ties the company's quadruped technology to federal border and immigration enforcement work, a use of robotics that tends to draw both commercial and civil-liberties attention.
Why now: The use of robotic dogs by immigration enforcement is technologically notable and politically controversial, drawing attention from both tech and policy watchers.
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- Plainfield robotics company lands $1.3M ICE contract for enhanced robot dogs · Hartford Business Journal
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