Linux Powers Military UGV

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday February 1, 2006 @04:32PM from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

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?"

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Headlights by slashbob22 · 2006-02-01 16:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The Deere looked long and hard into Microsoft's headlights and decided to wander off the road and avoid a crash.

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Proof by very large bribes. QED.
MOD PARENT UP by dch24 · 2006-02-01 18:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Did you report any of the posts you felt were from other nations seeking nuclear weapons? Just curious how far along you thought they were?
Anyway, cool post! Wish I had mod points right now... :-/