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Army Eyes Anti-Sniper Robot

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the because-less-thinking-is-good dept.

Hiawatha writes "iRobot has teamed up with Boston University to create a robot that can spot enemy snipers on a battlefield. Before the smoke of the shot clears away, the REDOWL robot should have the shooter in its sights." iRobot is the same company that brought you the popular Roomba robotic vacuum.

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  1. Re:Oh, great... by dnectom · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    don't understand :S --- http://www.nectom.net/

  2. Re: Your sig... by benjamindees · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ha! That's because Cingular is just Southwestern Bell, the single worst company on the face of the Earth. Obviously their naming scheme worked on you...

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    "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"