Robots being used to fight with now

[spyder]

Well, the start of it has happened anyway. The actual gun controls over the machine gun and 40mm laucher is for now still operated by a human controller, but the monitoring of the patrol area is under the robots control. Ok, I know there are UAv's and such, but those are operator controlled, this is something new.



http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/samsung-sgr1-07-13-2010.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/south-korea-enlists-armed-sentry-robots-to-patrol-dmz/)

South Korea has been working on deploying armed sentry robots along the border with North Korea since at least as far back as 2006 (http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/south-korean-gun-toting-sentries-to-protect-serve/), and it looks like it's still keeping at it. While complete details are a bit light, they country apparently put a pair of new sentry robots in place in the Demilitarized Zone last month, which pack both a machine gun and a grenade launcher to ward off intruders. Those would of course be controlled by humans, but the robots apparently use heat and motion sensors to do all the monitoring on their own, and simply alert a command center if they spots a trespasser. Of course, they are still just in the testing phase, and the military says it's waiting to see how things work out before it begins a more widespread deployment.


http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/south-korea-enlists-armed-sentry-robots-to-patrol-dmz/

[Bailey Guns]

Skynet...

[ghettodub]

Damn, beat me to it!

[Ronin13]

"Survivors woke to a new nightmare... Judgment day... the war against the machines."
I'm not saying to be paranoid like Sarah Connor, but...

[SA Friday]

Simply a bad idea.

[Hoosier]

Ok, I know there are UAv's and such, but those are operator controlled, this is something new.

Not all UAV's are remotely controlled. The Boeing GlobalHawk flies missions entirely autonomously, even intercontinental flights. The wingspan on this is the same as a 737.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/images/global-hawk_020426_52.jpg

H.

[Ronin13]

Not all UAV's are remotely controlled. The Boeing GlobalHawk flies missions entirely autonomously, even intercontinental flights. The wingspan on this is the same as a 737.

Those are badass- I have a friend in the AF and he says the only human interaction needed on those new GlobalHawks is they have to input the flight plan. That's it, it'll take off, land, and buzz around filming Al Qaeda doing naughty things.

[Bailey Guns]

That's it, it'll take off, land, and buzz around filming Al Qaeda doing naughty things.

Whatever.... Everyone knows Muslims are a peaceful people.

[Ronin13]

Whatever.... Everyone knows Muslims are a peaceful people.

Oh that's right, of course! And RuPaul is really a woman [ROFL1]

[theGinsue]

Oh that's right, of course! And RuPaul is really a woman [ROFL1]
Whaaat? That sweet little honey isn't woma.... ah damn.