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Machine Gun Sentry Robot Unveiled

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stop-or-my-robosapien-will-shoot dept.

mpthompson writes "Samsung has partnered with a Korean university to develop a robotic sentry equipped with a 5.5mm machine gun. Meant for deployment along the DMZ between North and South Korea, the $200,000 robot employs sophisticated pattern recognition software for targeting humans. No three laws here, but the robot does include a speaker that can be used to politely issue a warning before taking the target out. The promotional video is both scary and funny at the same time."

3 of 845 comments (clear)

  1. Re:OMG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wow, I haven't had to go through 3 blogs to get to the source article before. Here it is: the article.

  2. Re:We're Winning Again by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just because the war ended

    The war didn't end. That requires a surrender or peace treaty.

    --
    "We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
  3. Re:Mines by James+McGuigan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anti-personnel mines are fairly harmless against a tank and anti-tank mines can be disarmed by a person. So often they are used together, an anti-tank mine surounded by anti-personnel mines.