An American company calling itself Throwflame has now come up with the brilliant idea of equipping a robotic dog with a flamethrower that they had previously developed. They call the robot the “Thermonator Flamebot 9000” and claim it to be the world’s first robotic dog with flamethrower capabilities.
The robot, with the flamethrower attached, comes from the Chinese company Unitree. It is their Go 1 robot model, which the company released in the summer of 2021. It usually costs around approximately 30,000 SEK (Swedish Krona), but there is no information available yet about the price of the flamethrower-equipped version of the robot.
Throwflame plans to release the Thermonator during the third quarter of this year. However, if you yourself are interested, there may be issues when it comes to Swedish customs. Unitree Go 1 has been equipped with various weapons in the past, including a version with a rocket launcher on its back and another version with an automatic rifle.
It should be noted that Unitree itself does not equip the robots with different weapon accessories. Just like with the flamethrower, various third-party companies and individuals use Unitree’s robots to turn them into weapons.
Below is a video of the Thermonator where they briefly demonstrate the firing of the flamethrower mounted on the robotic dog’s back.
