Former Combat Engineer Teaches Boston Dynamics Robot to Breach Doors and Talk Shit

Robot dog talks smack to soldier

“I named him Demo Dan. He clears buildings and insults your mother.”

 

FORT DRUM, NY — What do you get when you mix military-grade robotics, combat engineer trauma, and an unhealthy dependency on caffeine and chaos?

You get Demo Dan, a door-breaching, foul-mouthed Boston Dynamics robot created by retired 12B Staff Sergeant Ricky Molinero, who apparently looked at the future of warfare and said, “Not enough verbal abuse.”

“I didn’t build him to be polite,” Molinero said, sipping black coffee from a chipped mug that read ‘Fuck Around and Find Out.’ “I built him to breach a door, dominate a room, and tell your boot ass to hydrate before he rips your soul out.”

Built for Urban Combat. And Emotional Damage.


Originally hired to help test autonomous breaching tech, Molinero got bored when he realized the robots just followed commands without the deeply embedded bitterness of enlisted life. So he went rogue, installed custom voice lines, a profanity pack, and voice files from his old squad leader, who apparently spoke in riddles, rage, and threats of NJPs.

Now Demo Dan kicks open doors and screams things like:

“This breach was faster than your EAS packet, dumbass.”
and
“Tell your mother I’ll be home late. I’m out here making war look easy.”

After every task, he ends with the same line:

“Rangers lead the way, nerd.”
…before stomping off to recharge next to a fire team of broken Roombas and a percolator wired directly into his mainframe.

Official Reactions Range from Terrified to Impressed


The Pentagon is technically aware.

“We’re… monitoring it,” said Lt. Col. Samantha Greene, who oversees the pilot program. “His breaching times are excellent, but he recently told a visiting senator he looked like ‘a retired pogue made of expired cottage cheese in a Men’s Wearhouse suit.’ So. We’ve got work to do.”

Dan’s emotional support coffee dispenser (yes, it’s real) was also deemed “outside the scope of standard military robotics,” but no one has dared unplug it after the last intern got told to “go mop the motorpool with your tears, Carl.”

Troop Morale: Confused, Motivated, Slightly Traumatized


Feedback from soldiers in the field has been mixed.

“He breached a door, called me a walking safety brief, and told me to stop blinking like I was trying to Morse code my way out of training,” said one PFC. “I don’t know whether to fight him or follow him.”

Demo Dan’s current list of verbal atrocities includes:
• “You call that cover? I’ve seen thicker skin on a pudding cup.”
• “If you muzzle sweep me again, I’ll override my protocols and legally square up.”
• “This mission’s easier than your girl.”

Molinero isn’t sorry. “I’ve buried friends, kicked down doors, and drank coffee that could strip paint. I don’t need approval from some buttoned-up officer who still types with two fingers. I need a robot that can do the job—and talk that good shit while doing it.”

Next Up: Field Day Mode and a Robot With Beef


Molinero’s not done. He’s developing “Field Day Fred,” a sidekick bot that kicks in latrine doors and screams, “Who the fuck left dip spit in the sink?”

There are also rumors of a “Quiet Professional” mode for demo Dan, where he brews coffee silently while judging everyone in the TOC.

“I’m building a warfighting team,” he said. “But also, maybe a podcast.”

At press time, Demo Dan completed a simulated op, crushed a steel door like a soda can, scanned the area, and declared:

“Room cleared. Smells like Axe and cowardice. You, fix your face before I file a maintenance request on it.”

Then he chugged a lukewarm espresso from his arm dispenser and muttered:“No one’s safe. Especially not your feelings.”

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