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2008-08-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

IDF magazine: Wounded soldiers will soon be evacuated by unmanned vehicles

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The Tokyo Fire Department has a body-recovery robot that reportedly also has an on-board oxygen supply.

Posted by Pappy 2008-08-20 00:14|| 2008-08-20 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 But, does it have a Tnuctipun Slaver stasis field?

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-20 00:26|| 2008-08-20 00:26|| Front Page Top

#3 The obvious, but probably politically unacceptable, development is suicide bomber bots. In particular, kevlar armoured bots that move forward into areas where the enemy is advancing through and target armour, command vehicles, troop concentrations. This would be a very scary weapon and cheap to produce.

Posted by phil_b 2008-08-20 02:56|| 2008-08-20 02:56|| Front Page Top

#4 We are rapidly approaching the point where we going to see an actual robot war. That's the future and we aren't the undisputed leaders in that field. Time for a major push to develop geeks.

Posted by Mike N. 2008-08-20 03:12|| 2008-08-20 03:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Military channel had a program on robotic warfre some time ago and featured this concept in one segment. SWARM s the word of the day, not one robot, but many multi-operational robots working in conjunction with field operators who can be in the actual battlespace or somewhere in VA drinking their latte's. Geeks indeed. That being said...Human war is a human endeavor and should remain so for humans' sake. AI ain't that far off and when the robots feel threatened what then? Just a bit of paranoia that always comes out when this subject comes up here. Too many Terminator reruns perhaps.

Posted by EHLTB 2008-08-20 03:58|| 2008-08-20 03:58|| Front Page Top

#6 The obvious, but probably politically unacceptable, development is suicide bomber bots.

THat was called the Goliath in WWII German Army.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-08-20 05:36|| 2008-08-20 05:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Um...

After they pick up the wounded soldier, they won't be unmanned anymore, will they?

Huh? Huh?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-08-20 10:27|| 2008-08-20 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJbVKxssBDE

Crusher! (from Future Weapons)

Posted by JitterBug 2008-08-20 11:05|| 2008-08-20 11:05|| Front Page Top

#9 SKYNET is here.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-08-20 11:14|| 2008-08-20 11:14|| Front Page Top

#10 DOD has working prototypes of the BEAR robot for extracting wounded soldiers and carrying them to safety.

Posted by lotp 2008-08-20 16:06|| 2008-08-20 16:06|| Front Page Top

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