Robot warfare

[rpm]

Robot warfare

Robots in the sky and on the ground are transforming warfare, and the US military is rushing to recruit the new warriors that never sleep and never bleed.

 

[apogeeza]

Monday's demonstration of robotic wonders was organised by defense contractors and the US Navy, which says it wants to lead the American military into a new age where tedious or high-risk jobs are handed over to robots.

Ja, I can see how shooting someone can be considered tedious and high-risk...

It's called WARFARE, damnit. If you Ammerycans don't want to get shot, don't go picking fights with sovereign nations just because you want their oil.

 

[nfbs]

There are already 2 500 of them on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a lighter version weighing 6kg has arrived that can be carried in a backpack, according to iRobot, the same company that sells a robot vaccum to civilians, the Roomba.

iRobot can build robots to help fight wars but they still only work off 110V and not 220/230V.
Go figure.

 

[Balstrome]

I wonder how hard it is to kill one of these robots..
Imagine some camel herder taking a club to one of these chaps, and it's game over, insert coin.

 

[Geriatrix]

Scary thing is DARPA is working on making the things capable of deciding whether to kill a group of people all on its own.