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12/1 Yay! http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65885,00.html As early as March or April, 18 units of the Talon -- a model armed with automatic weapons -- are scheduled to report for duty in Iraq. ... Four cameras and a pair of night-vision binoculars allow the robot to operate at all times of the day. It has a range of about a half-mile in urban areas, more in the open desert. And with the ability to carry four 66-mm rockets or six 40-mm grenades, as well as an M240 or M249 machine gun, the robots can take on additional duties fast, said http://GlobalSecurity.org director John Pike. \_ The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots. Thank you. \_ it has begun. The robots are going to take over the world. \_ Don't be silly. The dolphins will do that first. \_ Dolphins have been secretly stealing our H07 CH1X in beach waters with their long hard beaks. \_ ob: I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords. \_ future wars will be robot vs. robot. Smart bullets will try to reduce collateral damage. Smart gun systems will try to reduce collateral damage. Hackers will be the warriors of the future. Video Games are a conspiracy to create the new breed of warriors. The internet will be used to help fight wars. \_ The Internet was *DESIGNED* to help fight wars \_ No silly, Al Gore invented it to start the dot-com economy. \_ eat shit \_ Sorry, I don't live in the dorms anymore. \_ OOOOHHHHH AAAAUHHHHhhhhhhhhhh...*geek splooge* \_ Monkey hate robot |
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| www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65885,00.html Now, the Army is prepping its squad of robotic vehicles for a new set of assignments. As early as March or April, 18 units of the Talon -- a model armed with a utomatic weapons -- are scheduled to report for duty in Iraq. Around the same time, the first prototypes of a new, unmanned ambulance should be ready for the Army to start testing. In a warren of hangar-sized hotel b allrooms in Orlando, military engineers this week showed off their next generation of robots, as they got the machines ready for the war zone. "Putting something like this into the field, we're about to start somethi ng that's never been done before," said Staff Sgt. Santiago Tordillos, w aving to the black, 2-foot-six-inch robot rolling around the carpeted fl oor on twin treads, an M249 machine gun cradled in its mechanical grip. For years, the Pentagon and defense contractors have been toying with the idea of sending armed, unmanned ground vehicles, or UGVs, into battle. For this new, lethal Talon model, Foster-Miller swapped the metal limb fo r a remote-controlled, camera-equipped, shock-resistant tripod, which th e Marines use to fire their guns from hundreds of feet away. The only di fference: The Marines' version relies on cables to connect weapons and c ontrollers, while the Talon gets its orders to fire from radio signals i nstead. Navigating the Pe ntagon bureaucracy and putting together the proper training manuals are what's keeping the Talon stateside, for now. Back in December 2003, the Army's 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division tes ted an armed Talon in Kuwait. Now, the brigade wants 18 of the UGVs to w atch the backs of its Stryker armored vehicles. Four cameras and a pair of night-vision binoculars allow the robot to ope rate at all times of the day. It has a range of about a half-mile in urb an areas, more in the open desert. Terms & Conditions Note: You are reading this message either because you can not see our css files (served from Akamai for performance reasons), or because you do n ot have a standards-compliant browser. |
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