Sometimes there’s a story so weird that it goes straight from local news to viral GIF sensation practically overnight. Such is the case of these guys—flame-throwing drones that a utility company in Xiangyang, China has started using to clean pesky trash off of power lines.
This raises so many questions, such as “Is this really the most efficient way to deal with trash?” or “Don’t power lines burn too?” to “Who the hell thought this program up and/or funded it?” Whatever the reasoning behind using cute/terrifying robots that look like they wandered off the set of a Hunger Games sequel, there’s no denying they’ve won over the hearts of the internet. If there’s ever an Olympics-style international Battle Bots, I feel like these would totally beat the USA’s most viral/dystopian robots—those sad Boston Dynamics creations that seem to have no purpose other than being kicked by mean MIT grads in animated GIFs.
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