Robots for No Man's Land

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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Re:Does war become cheap?

[Kompressor]

Since these robots get puzzled by a parking sign and get stuck in a loop, maybe that SkyNet issue isn't upon us..

No, it's just going to take a small code tweak, and the robots will start eliminating signage along with the evil humans.

Re:Does war become cheap?

[Kompressor]

Argh! Mod me redundant, an AC got to this idea before I even read the post. Note to self: Next time, read all new replies before trying to be funny...