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Another Robotic Vehicle to Help Soldiers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the johnny-five-is-alive dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "There are many teams of U.S. scientists working on robots able to find improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq before they can kill American soldiers. Today, let's look at an effort going on at Florida State University (FSU) to build unmanned ground vehicles that could save soldiers' lives. The researchers are creating complex algorithms to control these robots who will have to integrate many different factors such as the type of ground surface or obstacles that might block the vehicle's path. Some of these robots, which also could be used for civilian missions, are currently being tested at FSU. Read more for additional references and pictures of these robots which will have to navigate among dense obstacles."

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  1. Battlebots by MrSquirrel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't we just send over a bunch of people who compete in the Battlebot tournaments? Yeah, the wedge robots would need a little upgrading, but I can imagine that Nightmare (the big blade a'spinnin') would help out. In the British version of Battlebots (Robot Wars?) they're allowed to use flame weapons. Go go gadget killing machine!

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  2. Is it possible to use a targetted EMP burst? by Rifter13 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sorry, I really don't know about EMP bursts, beyond that they fry electronics. Would it be possible to create a targetted, or shaped EMP burst, say in front of vehicles that would fry the circuits on the IEDs, and keep the IEDs from going off?

  3. This has already been done -- better by SSHGuru · · Score: 4, Informative

    IOTN - Ionatron has already developed something called a JIN that is a remote vehicle that shoots current into the ground detonating all IED's within a certain range.

    Scott

    SSHGuru.com

  4. Re:better solution.. by Dh2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think you meant, "As far as creating lots of new Islamic militants and terrorists, Iraq is a pretty good strategy. Plus we get to test out all these cool new IEDs."

    Osama got exactly what he wanted: The removal of Saddam, and a ton of new recruits.

  5. Re:where this is leading by jbrader · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously do you really think the robots would do worse than any of our current world leaders?

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