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Robots for No Man's Land

Posted by michael on from the you-have-ten-seconds-to-comply dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The Stryker is an 18-ton infantry vehicle, already deployed by the U.S. army in places such as Iraq. Right now, it has human drivers. But that will no longer be the case by 2010, when it will be driven by a robot. Today, the Stryker has a 'ladar' scanner, which emits 400,000 laser and radar beams and snaps 120 images every second. 'Its brain -- a 40-pound computer system tucked inside its body -- processes that data, and makes instant judgments on how to act and where to go.' These robots are developed by General Dynamics Robotic Systems, Inc. (GDRSI), which received $185 million last November to build between 30 and 60 automated-navigation prototypes to be used in all kinds of military vehicles. This overview contains more details, references and photographs."

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  1. Re:You are perfectly safe by Mephiska · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You should all feel secure in the knowledge that they were programmed by the lowest bidder

    More likely they'll be programmed by a company Dick Cheney or one of Bush's other corporate friends served on the board of, then they'll cut costs in the name of profit.

    Either way, end result is the same.

  2. Strikeout by sadomikeyism · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    This is nothing but an illustration of the failure of American public education. Even the US Army knows that its typical cannon fodder, er, recruit into its "army of one", is dumb, uneducated, illiterate, ignorant, unskilled, and incapable of keeping an eight wheeled vehicle between the lines, not to mention somewhere near an allied armored formation. "Dumb as a bag of hammers" was a phrase invented by a drill sergeant.

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  3. Re:No 2 by Mullen · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    2. Wars are currently limited by public opition.


    Public opinon didn't stop the recent war in Iraq.

    Your wrong, public opinon supported the war, atleast here in the US. A bunch of loud mouth whinners is not the American public opinon.

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  4. The advantage of war, ... by rduke15 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... I always thought, was to get us rid of the military by letting them kill each other. If it's robots, I'm afraid I don't see the point.

    I guess the times are changing...