Linux Powers Military UGV

An anonymous reader writes "Linux powers a new autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that learns routes by following along behind foot-soldiers, after which it can retrace the route solo, avoiding obstacles. iRobot's "R-Gator" UGV is based on John Deere's 658cc, diesel-powered M-Gator military utility vehicle platform, with control, navigation, and object-avoidance systems based on BlueCat Linux from LynuxWorks. I wonder how Linux idealists feel about their cute little OS being deployed in machinery of war?"

Comments

Re:How do they feel?

[AoT]

Yay, let's ignore the death and destruction that war causes and worry about the money.

Welcome to the robot future, where the first world supports war, as long as it doesn't cost too much.

Re:How do they feel?

[lixee]

So, you people are ok with killing innocent children to have cheaper energy aand better gaming consoles. Makes me proud to be human.