I have seen with surprise and satisfaction that a "dog-like" robot is being used to control and monitor the ruins of Pompeii.

It is the already famous dog-type robot created by Boston Dynamic (called Spot) that has later been copied by many other companies. Due to its characteristics (it is very stable), dimensions (it is not very large), etc… it has been assigned a multitude of tasks, both for monitoring and controlling facilities of all kinds.

And now they are applying it to guard the ruins of Pompeii and protect them from the many looters trying to take remains for sale on the black market.

The ruins of Pompeii cover an area of 400,000 square meters and a large part is still buried underground. Monitoring this extension of remains and facilities 24 hours a day, every day of the week, involves a lot of people and a lot of cost.

The robots carry out surveillance tasks without getting tired, they can work day and night, and instantly broadcast any anomaly that occurs.

Due to its size and agility, the robot can fit into some tunnels and hard-to-reach areas that looters try to use to steal.

I think it's a great idea, simple and I'm sure it's quite profitable from an economic point of view. It is more than likely that some guards will complain about losing their jobs, but the use of robots is going to increase.

On the other hand, who was going to tell the inhabitants of Pompeii that 2,000 years later their city was going to be watched over by metal dogs. These are the things of life and technology.

And I am quite sure that there will be more than one waiting to have the results of this experience, to adapt it to the surveillance of other types of facilities.

A video can be seen at: https://youtu.be/nYih4KB_V54

It is worth seeing how now the guards became drone controllers. Everything changes in this life.

Amador Palacios

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