As San Francisco officials learned recently, people get skittish when you mention killer police robots, fearing a city patrolled by heartless, mindless, lethal drones. But perhaps they’d feel better about heartless, mindless, dog-like drones. Well, the Los Angeles Police Department hopes so, having dropped nearly $280,000 to acquire a robot patrol dog called Spot, the Los Angeles Times reports.⁠ ⁠ Head to the [Link In Bio] to read the full story.⁠ ⁠ [📷: @gettyimages]