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US to develop robot soldiers for safer wars
By David Wastell in Washington
(Filed: 03/03/2002)
THE United States Army will this week choose a private contractor to develop the technology that will replace soldiers with robots on the battlefields of the future.
The new battle network, known as "Future Combat Systems", will enable sophisticated weapons to be deployed close to enemy lines with a minimum risk of casualties.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected...ecnrobot05.xml
Er, hello?
By David Wastell in Washington
(Filed: 03/03/2002)
THE United States Army will this week choose a private contractor to develop the technology that will replace soldiers with robots on the battlefields of the future.
The new battle network, known as "Future Combat Systems", will enable sophisticated weapons to be deployed close to enemy lines with a minimum risk of casualties.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected...ecnrobot05.xml
Er, hello?
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Two entirely different things. "Pilotless" planes are "easy". Building a machine with the capabilities of a human, that's mobile in any condition and able to do the work of a person; the magnitude of complexity is many, many fold - and that would be a machine that was controlled by a person. A totally autonomous device(s) increases that complexity many fold more. Not gonna happen in your lifetime.
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Pilotless planes are easy? Just wait. There are going to be pilotless fighters not too far in the future. Imagine an f-22 that flies by itself. The f-22 is only the most awesome fighter jet in the world. Easy, hahaa. Far from it. Robot humans would be very similar. Pilotless planes will be far more elaborate than any human robot. Have you seen Star Wars? Robots are easy. 
But I have a Toshiba laptop, so what do I know.
But I have a Toshiba laptop, so what do I know.
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Originally Posted by kobiashi
Two entirely different things. "Pilotless" planes are "easy". Building a machine with the capabilities of a human, that's mobile in any condition and able to do the work of a person; the magnitude of complexity is many, many fold - and that would be a machine that was controlled by a person. A totally autonomous device(s) increases that complexity many fold more. Not gonna happen in your lifetime.
We have the technology that is similar to the planes (somewhat).
It's a little track driven, video camera, with an M16 mounted to it....basically, but it's effective. I saw it on an episode of Future Weapons. I'll see if I can dig up some info on them.
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Originally Posted by Stealth
Pilotless planes are easy? . . . Easy, hahaa. Far from it.
Hmmm . . . maybe it's that POS Toshiba laptop monitor that prevented you from seeing the quotation marks on each side of the word "easy".
Here, let me help you in case you're monitor sucks or you are blind. Here is that part of the post magnified:
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The Defense Contractors are salivating at the thought of more public $$$ going into their pockets. I am sure they will be ready to lobby for all future wars and associated hardware. Of course they will cloak this greed with sophistry about democracy and freedom ec. ec. ad nauseum.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Franko
The Defense Contractors are salivating at the thought of more public $$$ going into their pockets. I am sure they will be ready to lobby for all future wars and associated hardware. Of course they will cloak this greed with sophistry about democracy and freedom ec. ec. ad nauseum.
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Uh guys this is code for "Fixing the illegal immigrant" problem.
The term robot isnt a technological one in this case. It is a human with a single purpose.
We drop em off in Iraq and say "the border is right over there"
The term robot isnt a technological one in this case. It is a human with a single purpose.
We drop em off in Iraq and say "the border is right over there"
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Originally Posted by vader716
Uh guys this is code for "Fixing the illegal immigrant" problem.
The term robot isnt a technological one in this case. It is a human with a single purpose.
We drop em off in Iraq and say "the border is right over there"
The term robot isnt a technological one in this case. It is a human with a single purpose.
We drop em off in Iraq and say "the border is right over there"
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Originally Posted by kobiashi
Two entirely different things. "Pilotless" planes are "easy". Building a machine with the capabilities of a human, that's mobile in any condition and able to do the work of a person; the magnitude of complexity is many, many fold - and that would be a machine that was controlled by a person. A totally autonomous device(s) increases that complexity many fold more. Not gonna happen in your lifetime.
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Originally Posted by Peacemaker
Not even you know what capabilities the Government has. Hell, they might have got the technology from a downed ufo in Roswell 50 or 60 years ago for all we know. If they actually did have the technology, do you think they would go blabbing about it? I think not.
No. They've gotten it from the Stargate program. I saw it on TV.
