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Street Fighting Robot Challenge
ianchaos writes "There's no better way to assure the eventual destruction of mankind than by the event sponsored by Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency. Newscientist has a good writeup of the robot challenge, which is to build a robot that can operate autonomously in urban warfare conditions, moving in and out of buildings to search and destroy targets like a human soldier."
Bolo
Oh yeah? Well Al Quida is countering with suicidal robots with bomb belts. So there!
Table-ized A.I.
Do you realize that our military may then get slashdotted in the middle of a battle?
Table-ized A.I.
welcome our new robotic, stair-climbing, elevator using overlords.
Where's robocop when you need him?
Based on the trend, probably in California politics of some kind.
Table-ized A.I.
get the robotic voices to authenically scream sonic boom, its all good.
The robots were kung fu fighting - WHOA
Those cats were fast as lightning - HA
At first it was a little bit frightning
*insert asian music*
What about Smoke? Oh yeah, not Street Fighter. Wrong universe. That one is from Mortal Kombat. Maybe they need instead a Mortal Kombat Robot Challenge.
I can't lie. The inner 14-year-old suburban white male in me thinks this kindof rules.
That's nothing - here are the real Robots of Mass Destruction: Robot Dance Competition http://web.gc.cuny.edu/sciart/.
I liked the title... but there was surprisingly low levels of actual street fighting robot content.
what a disappointment.
i mean, I would have even settled for robots playing street fighter.
or people street fighting over robots...
or something...
1. Replicant - burns candles at both ends
2. iRobot -trendy, comes in black and white
3. Hunter-seeker - finders weepers
4. Terminator - capable of winning state elections
5. Matrix agent - software
6. Matrix squid - hardware
7. Suicide booth - manufactured by Bender
8. Robots are our friends - powered by old peoples' medicines
9. Martian Reprisal Interplanetary probe - that was for our babies!
10. Transformers - nasty power supplies
11. Cowbot Neal - no nuclear warheads. less lethal than iRobot. Lame.
Someone installed Windows Vista on him.... He's still booting.
Why not just pipe a wires remote that looks like an Xbox controler and give it to the 12 year olds who usualy wax my ass in any game i play against them on the damn thing.
You could just goto school and let them play you to victory.
1) Do what thou wilt
2) See above
3) GOTO 1
I totally misread that title as Street Fighting Robot Chicken. Imagine my disappointment upon opening it.
1st RULE: Terminal will not transmit data about ROBOT FIGHT CLUB.
2nd RULE: Terminal WILL NOT transmit data about ROBOT FIGHT CLUB.
3rd RULE: If command "HALT" executed, or terminal fails to respond, or gives hardware error code the fight process will be killed.
4th RULE: Only two robots to a fight.
5th RULE: One fight per session.
6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes.
7th RULE: Fights will go on as long as required to complete the operation.
8th RULE: If this is terminal's first session at FIGHT CLUB, the terminal MUST fight.
The next generation will be able to fly up stairs.
- Serve the public trust
- Protect the Innocent
- Degrade all DRMed HD video files
Does this mean every naval port will be equipped with robot prostitutes--err..."maintenance droids?"
Look at it this way, if you're going to send an indiscriminate kill-bot into a home to slaughter everything, why not just drop a 5000 lb bomb on the place and be done with it?
Maybe it's a nice building?
I dont read
A contest to build a robot that can operate autonomously in urban warfare conditions,
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moving in and out of buildings
Check, no problem for a Bolo to move into a building or out of the rubble
to search and destroy targets like a human soldier
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a robot that completes a stipulated set of tasks - yet to be revealed - in the fastest time possible.
Check, a Bolo can deal with changing requirements and will execute them with unparalleled speed
a robot that "must, on its own, be able to navigate both indoors and outdoors in an urban landscape and accomplish a set of assigned tasks within a stipulated time
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This robot must be able to negotiate a staircase and use the elevator to dash from one floor to another
The Bolo has no problems moving over the staircase, elevator system or various floors of the building. This has the added benefit that upon exiting, the building has been converted to a single story.
without the aid of satellite navigation, which may not be available indoors.
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Navigation without satellite help would require the robot "to have machine vision capabilities to identify visual cues along its intended path to serve as waypoints
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more complex tasks, like opening a door or using an elevator, can present a huge problem. "How do you know which button goes where, or even what floor you're on?" he says. "It's very, very confusing." One solution, he says, is to train a robot by presenting it with hundreds of different doors and elevators.
A Bolo can evaluate such situations with ease. It can then drive through the appropriate door.
I hope the crown comes in an extra large size.
Bolo Mark XV for the win!
No, I think he should be obligated to say that one in the interests of full disclosure. Things like communicable diseases and terminally bad taste in movies really should be brought out into the open early so people can make informed decisions.
Cheers
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