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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
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 Posted - 02/15/2005 : 20:24:57
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According to the New Yorl Times:quote:
The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat. Robots are a crucial part of the Army's effort to rebuild itself as a 21st-century fighting force, and a $127 billion project called Future Combat Systems is the biggest military contract in American history.
Uh, hello, Terminator!
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
 Posted - 02/15/2005 : 23:18:42 [Permalink]
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Terminator :P hehe
The robots are a great idea.
It's gonna cost more than $127B though. The article mentions a competition last year for a $1M prize, where several teams built robost to drive over a 140 mile off-road course... not a single robot vehicle completed the course.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2005 : 23:33:34 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dude
Terminator :P hehe
The robots are a great idea.
It's gonna cost more than $127B though. The article mentions a competition last year for a $1M prize, where several teams built robost to drive over a 140 mile off-road course... not a single robot vehicle completed the course.
Was that really robots, or just drones/probes with tele-presence? |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2005 : 00:33:00 [Permalink]
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A remote controlled armed and armored probe could be usefull in street combat.
Probably much cheaper than a trained soldier.
Easier to repair to.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2005 : 10:29:30 [Permalink]
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quote:
Was that really robots, or just drones/probes with tele-presence?
Robots. The systems had to be 100% autonomous. No remote control allowed. Saw a show on the science channel about this at the time.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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