Armed robots in development for border control, crowd control, and warfare
source: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/19/robot-gun-weapon.html
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Robots that can carry a variety of weapons are currently in development.
Excerpt from article:
"IRobot, best known for their cute Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, has teamed up with Metal Storm, purveyors of the million-rounds-per-minute electric gun, to create a slick, Terminator-like war robot for the U.S. military.
The as yet unnamed war bot is being marketed for "border patrol" and "crowd control" scenarios, although other military situations are also under consideration.
All of the robots are controlled remotely by human soldiers to keep their comrades safe in threatening situations. There is no artificial intelligence on board."
Excerpt from article:
"IRobot, best known for their cute Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, has teamed up with Metal Storm, purveyors of the million-rounds-per-minute electric gun, to create a slick, Terminator-like war robot for the U.S. military.
The as yet unnamed war bot is being marketed for "border patrol" and "crowd control" scenarios, although other military situations are also under consideration.
All of the robots are controlled remotely by human soldiers to keep their comrades safe in threatening situations. There is no artificial intelligence on board."
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VigorousAlloy
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I can see this being really good, but easily turning into a big issue.
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VigorousAlloy
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Dmitri_Molotov
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I hope we see a lot more combat robots in the future, no reason to let the grunts get killed when we've got these.
As for crowd control and border patrol, meh. They shouldn't be too hard to hack/fry. - 3 years ago
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1percent
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Now I just have to find that frequency....
- 3 years ago
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1percent
