Battle Roomba Tractor

jazzstep writes "This article on MSNBC introduces an interesting new duo on the robotics front. iRobot and John Deere have teamed up to create a new battle-ready robot for the Pentagon."

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Re:Too Wimpy but...

[flyneye]

Bigger is better and biggest is best.- Wm Burroughs
The battles of the future will still be against mans wills therefore the battle will still be against men.(like the feeble minded Kerry supporter who modded my original thread down as offtopic)
No man would cower or retreat from a cheesy dune buggy recon vehicle but when you put them up against this: http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/FR/serie s/9020.html
I suspect they'll run screaming as it fills in foxholes,crushes vehicles,buildings and slow camels.I could even see painting a shark face on it like the old fighter planes.Armor and arm it and let it do the dirty work.