If the question is “what to do with 10,000 euros” then the answer might be buying a robotic dog that breathes fire.

This is Thermonator, a robotic dog that mounts a flamethrower capable of spewing fire up to ten meters away

Imagine the following: You wake up one morning and you have 10,000 extra euros in the bank. You have been showered from heaven, tax free, for you forever, What do you do with them? Well, let’s see, 10,000 euros won’t make anyone poor, but you can give yourself a gift. You can go to the world’s most expensive restaurant a few times, buy a prefab home on Amazon, invest in something or, even better, buy a fire-breathing robotic dog with a cool name…

thermonator, All kidding aside, this product exists, it’s completely real, and it’s sold in the United States. It is not that it has been sold, the thing is that anyone can buy it. This unique robot dog that resembles a series of casualties from ‘Call of Duty’ was announced last year and is now available for sale for $9,420, about 8,840 euros at the exchange rate. Not that it is cheap, but it is not as expensive as the Boston Dynamics Spot, which costs more than 60,000 euros per unit. And hey, it doesn’t spew a huge stream of deadly fire at dangerously high distances.

who is behind, The ThrowFlame Company is an Ohio-based company that, as its name suggests, specializes in flamethrowers. In the United States, flamethrowers are unregulated devices at the federal level and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) does not consider them firearms (strangely). These can also be used without a license. There are some exceptions, such as in California, where flamethrowers with a range of three meters or more require a license; Or Maryland, where they are considered “destructive devices” and can be possessed with a license.

let’s talk about dog, Thermator is a four-legged robot that can be controlled remotely. It weighs about 12 kg and has LiDAR mapping, FPV (Point of View) navigation, laser vision, ability to avoid obstacles, battery with autonomy of up to an hour, WiFi and Bluetooth. It is not specified whether it can operate autonomously or not. What is specified is that, on its back, the dog carries an arc flamethrower.

Fire breathing apparatus. The Arc Flamethrower is made of aluminum and is capable of shooting a stream of fire up to nine meters away at the press of a button. It works thanks to a battery with an autonomy of 45 minutes and can be mounted on a robot dog, a tripod or an assault rifle. By the way, they say this on the company’s own website. As far as fuel is concerned, both diesel and gasoline can be used.

So that, This is an excellent question. According to Throwflame, the Thermonator is designed for “wildfire control and prevention”, “agriculture management”, “ecological protection”, “snow and ice removal” and “entertainment and special effects” and we quote verbatim. It could have many interesting uses at the commercial level, but the reality is that it is not difficult to imagine a scenario in which the use of the Thermator becomes routine at the user level. For example, forest fire.

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