Ever since Robocop you knew this was going to happen sooner or later: a robotic fighting machine designed for urban riot control. The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle, which might be pressed into service as early as 2007, is remote-controlled like one of those Predator drones, and will carry a variety of non-lethal weapons, such as tear gas, stingball grenades, and smoke rounds, as well some more lethal weaponry like machine guns. If it’s any indication what the US military has in mind for this, when they hosted a demonstration for the Gladiator the other day, they simulated the robot fighting “an angry mob of 600 activists.”
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