Donald Trump has beefed up his information item astatine Mar-a-Lago pinch a Secret Service robot canine — pinch photos showing nan four-legged sentry operating nan sprawling Florida property.
The robotic hound was seen mechanically strolling connected nan writer among nan thenar trees extracurricular of nan Palm Beach property connected Friday morning, video shows.
“DO NOT PET” sounds a ample informing connected its side.
The remotely-controlled robot dog, made by Boston Dynamics, is pinch nan United States Secret Service, nan agency confirmed.
“Safeguarding nan President-elect is simply a apical priority,” an USSS spokesperson told The Post.
“While we cannot get into nan circumstantial capabilities, nan robotic dogs are equipped pinch surveillance technology, and an array of precocious sensors that support our protective operations.”
The president-elect, who survived 2 assassination attempts connected nan run way this year, has been working down closed doors astatine Mar-a-Lago to unit his incoming management aft his sweeping triumph complete Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday.
Robot hounds person been gaining fame among nationalist information agencies nationwide arsenic a instrumentality to support rule enforcement officers and emergency responders retired of harm’s way.
The NYPD assembled a robotic K-9 unit of 3 of nan remote-controlled pooches called “Digidogs,” Mayor Eric Adams announced past year.
The robots were first leased from Boston Dynamics by nan Blasio administration — but were scrapped aft they were dragged by societal media users who said they seemed for illustration thing retired of a “Black Mirror” episode.
When a parking car shed collapsed successful little Manhattan past year, The FDNY sent successful its $75,000 robot dog into nan rubble to look for survivors and measure nan demolition that killed 1 personification and injured five.
The robot dogs besides person subject uses.
Ukraine’s subject deployed 30 of nan $9,000-a-pop robo hounds made by nan institution Brit Alliance connected battlefield against Russia earlier this year.
The metallic pooches service arsenic stepping drones capable of performing reconnaissance missions and swiftly delivering supplies to troops without putting soldiers successful danger.