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A.I. Helicopter?

Posted by michael on from the autorotate dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization just launched the Mantis, a 'low-cost, intelligent small helicopter'. SMH reports that 'Within a decade armies of tiny helicopter drones will monitor traffic, inspect buildings for maintenance problems, map bushfires, look for faults in powerlines, and join search-and-rescue missions.' This is much larger than the Seiko flying robot reported last month, but the Mantis should be truly autonomous."

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  1. Re:AI Robots aren't enough by neglige · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who's with me?

    I, Robot

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    My cats ate my karma. They also wrote this comment.
  2. In other news... by percepto · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Australian government today lost several of their surveillance helicopters after their new Mantis prototype mated with them and then bit their heads off.

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    The term "outside the box" is squarely within the box at this point.