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ICE Plans to Spend Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
· Aug 28, 2026 at 10:04 AM
ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
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Image: screenshot of a Boston Dynamics promotional video.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to buy at least a million dollars worth of robots from Boston Dynamics, the company that makes the dog-like SPOT robots, with the purpose of improving “officer safety,” according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement.
The news shows that ICE continues to spend millions of dollars on new technology. On Thursday, U.S. procurement records showed that ICE has contracted to buy 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for $16.7 million, the Associated Press reported.
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