Marine Corps Wants a Throwable Robot

coondoggie writes "The US Marine Corps has a request — build and rapidly deploy more 10lb-or-under robots its personnel can throw into dangerous situations that can quickly gather information without endangering Marines. The throwable robot is part of a family of robots that would range from the 10lb version to one that would act as a central controlling device and weigh close to 300lbs. Marine commanders are demanding ever lighter robots so that troops don't have to offload critical equipment from their rucksacks to accommodate them."

Comments

First Prototype

[Penguinshit]

Designated "GR3N4-DE"

Has anyone considered infants?

[Anonymous Coward]

They're about 10 pounds and very throwable.

Re:But that's against the law...

[Dr_Ken]

Naw. Skynet repealed those laws.

Existing solution

[bobdotorg]

Why not just arm one of these.

Re:But that's against the law...

[Macrat]

And the other police directives:

1. "Serve the public trust"
2. "Protect the innocent"
3. "Uphold the law"
4. (Classified) "any attempt to arrest a senior OCP employee results in shutdown"

Throwable? That's easy.

[SoundGuyNoise]

All robots are throwable. The key is, you have to find the one that handles the landings better than the rest.

Robot - I choose you!

[dbIII]

It would be ideal if the robot comes in a little ball or is ball shaped and unfolds. Being able to announce it's name for identification is a bonus. Being bright yellow for visability and being able to electricute even the entire crew of a helicopter would certainly stop any team with rockets.

Re:U R Doing It Wrong

[Artifakt]

When I read as far as the header, I thought you were going to say the robots should throw the Marines into the rooms. (And that part of the brain that still retains my old drill instructor's best routines said "makes sense"...).