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ChunkyMonkey
02-01-2014, 00:43
Remember DARPA's competition few years ago? Here is the real life application...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HseUNLP6q24
bogie
02-01-2014, 00:56
Next thing you know, robots will be making robots and skynet will nuke the humans.
theGinsue
02-01-2014, 02:56
I was thinking the exact same thing while watching this.


Just helps advance the timeline before the Singularity becomes valid.
Danimal
02-01-2014, 04:07
Just aim for the little spinny thing on the top.
Guylee
02-01-2014, 11:27
Just aim for the little spinny thing on the top.

That a technical term?
cofi
02-01-2014, 11:51
that what I was thinking. So, all someone has to do is shoot the sensor.

I was waiting for haji to detonate the suv when the lead vehicle in the column passed.
At least the whole convoy slowed down to a crawl to make it easier for them......not that they would need to since they could just walk out in front of the lead vehicle and hijack it grand theft auto style when it gently comes to a stop in front of them
ChunkyMonkey
02-01-2014, 12:19
The point is to save American lives... And since supply convoy is most targeted in low tensity conflict, this will serve its purpose.


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Irving
02-01-2014, 13:26
At least the whole convoy slowed down to a crawl to make it easier for them......not that they would need to since they could just walk out in front of the lead vehicle and hijack it grand theft auto style when it gently comes to a stop in front of them

That's what I was thinking. Also, how does it differentiate between "object negotiation" and "traffic sensing?" I was waiting for it to "sense traffic" on that SUV and politely wait for the SUV to pass. Maybe honk the horn a few times, flash its lights, then for the SUV to explode.


The point is to save American lives... And since supply convoy is most targeted in low tensity conflict, this will serve its purpose.


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Is the unit cost of one soldier + one normal truck greater than one outfitted truck like these? I'm not trying to be harsh, but we KNOW there is someone out there making that exact calculation. The plus size is that as we get closer to Skynet, all this technology becomes ever cheaper so I wouldn't be surprised if we have already crossed that threshold.
ChunkyMonkey
02-01-2014, 13:55
Is the unit cost of one soldier + one normal truck greater than one outfitted truck like these? I'm not trying to be harsh, but we KNOW there is someone out there making that exact calculation. The plus size is that as we get closer to Skynet, all this technology becomes ever cheaper so I wouldn't be surprised if we have already crossed that threshold.

Definitely. Most casualty of war are not deaths but permanent injuries which are extremely expensive and long term.
cofi
02-01-2014, 14:06
The point is to save American lives... And since supply convoy is most targeted in low tensity conflict, this will serve its purpose.


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I agree but shouldn't these things be controlled like drones? The tech just doesn't seem to be there
ChunkyMonkey
02-01-2014, 14:08
I agree but shouldn't these things be controlled like drones? The tech just doesn't seem to be there

Welcome to the last decade...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0NTV2mbJhA
ChunkyMonkey
02-01-2014, 14:13
I agree but shouldn't these things be controlled like drones? The tech just doesn't seem to be there

Google K-MAX autonomous helicopter too.. It's being used in Afghanistan by US Marine. We are there.
RblDiver
02-01-2014, 21:20
At least the whole convoy slowed down to a crawl to make it easier for them......not that they would need to since they could just walk out in front of the lead vehicle and hijack it grand theft auto style when it gently comes to a stop in front of them

Rig them with some C4, a remote camera, and a sensor to alert base if they suddenly switch to manual or are stopped too long? :P
KestrelBike
02-01-2014, 22:38
Rig them with some C4, a remote camera, and a sensor to alert base if they suddenly switch to manual or are stopped too long? :P

Remote controlled machine gun mounted on top of the vehicles. Only need one guy in the trailer back on base who can toggle between vehicles to engage hijackers.
ChunkyMonkey
02-01-2014, 23:16
Remote controlled machine gun mounted on top of the vehicles. Only need one guy in the trailer back on base who can toggle between vehicles to engage hijackers.

You dont even need an operator with Samsung SGR A1. It has friend and foe, etc etc.

http://geekmag.fr/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Samsung_SGR-A1-sentry_robot.jpg
ChunkyMonkey
02-01-2014, 23:18
Remote controlled machine gun mounted on top of the vehicles. Only need one guy in the trailer back on base who can toggle between vehicles to engage hijackers.

Here you go.. this thing has been deployed around the Korean contingent's base in Iraq.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMkV8E2re9U
KestrelBike
02-02-2014, 02:40
You dont even need an operator with Samsung SGR A1. It has friend and foe, etc etc.

http://geekmag.fr/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Samsung_SGR-A1-sentry_robot.jpg

Nice! I had imagined that Friend & Foe could easily be done on such mountable weapons, but it's not like it's a static base with a huge sign saying "Stay back or get shot", there could be civilians or non-combatants walking the road, etc, that probably shouldn't be shot just because they don't have a "friendly" RF code answering back. Hence, a fleshy-brain in a chair to make the call.

Speaking of Friend/Foe, I'd be pissing my pants relying on friendly-recognition technology to be recognized by a machine before it puts 20rds into a 5" ring on my chest.