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more about #warfare strider_mt2k: Rules of engagement only apply when everyone is into the rules of engagement thing. Otherwise all bets are off and you better be sharp or die. Sorry..... more » KEVINMC: This is cool and all, but until they can simulate sharks with lasers on their heads, the US military will not be trained sufficiently to take out rich... more » AKAuser: Hey, record company lawyers. The pirates are hiding in that brush across the field. GO GET 'EM!!! more » pellier: There was something on history or discovery channel where it was an armored vehicle that had a rotating drum with chains mounted on it that would trip... more » BeautifulAgony: Let us never forget these brave souls... more » Sora57: "Westworld's" ETA just got closer. [www.imdb.com] more » BeautifulAgony: Clearly the simplest solution is to program the robots to have a deep affinity and love for dinosaurs. Then we genetically recreate dinosaurs that wan... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Ethics? You mean like: Find Sarah Conner? more » Amplified Hustler: Soon some technicality issues will have this guy on a rampage/training session... more » Hello Mister Walrus: You people are missing the point. The whole reason for having combat robots is so we can leave them to work autonomously and never think of them again... more » RogueWarrior: Nothing that can't be solved with a few well-placed rounds of .50 BMG AP. Or better yet .338 Lapua Magnum. more » -
#militarygadgets
Suicide Bomber Training Vest in the Works
The US Naval Air Warfare Center is currently developing a suicide bomber simulation vest in an attempt to prepare soldiers for encounters with possibly rigged combatants, according to patent filings. More » -
#robots
SCAMP De-Mining Robot Takes Sting Out of Minefield Strolls
Landmines are proof that the human race is made up of total assholes. Leave it to SCAMP—engineered by a firm with the poetically twisted name Humanistic Robots—to clean up that little mess. More » -
#machinetakeover
Navy Says Combat Robots Multiplying Fast, Need "Battlefield Ethics" Pronto
A new report commissioned by the Office of Naval Research makes a grim statement about the increasing danger of combat-trained robots in the 21st century: "We are going to need a warrior code." More » -
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#warfare
First Fully-Armed Robots Patrolling in Iraq; First Shots Imminent
There have been robots patrolling the sunny sands of Iraq since the initial invasion, but until now, they've merely been there to scope stuff out. That was then, this is now. According to Noah over at the always-awesome Danger Room blog, the military has just deployed their new "special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action system" (SWORDS) that has been in development for the past few years. What are the SWORDS, exactly? Oh, just some bomb-disposal robots armed with M249 machine guns. Holy shit, robots with machine guns. More »
