[vox_mundi]

They never cease to astound.

NewScientist

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. ...They are looking for contractors to provide a "Multi-Robot Pursuit System" that will let packs of robots "search for and detect a non-cooperative human".

[emersonbiggins]

Huzzah for Freedom™! Or something...

[Polemic]

[kpeavey]

So they want to create autonomous robocops in a world full of cyberhacks/viruses/worms, and this seems like a good idea?

[eXpat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kpeavey', 'S')o they want to create autonomous robocops in a world full of cyberhacks/viruses/worms, and this seems like a good idea?

[Hermes]

Well if those robots can be made from scavenged SUV parts and run on about 20 watts of electricity then they might be something to reckon with in the future.

As it stands I think they're an idea which only makes sense in a context of the military having ever increasing resources to work with... which is of course not the case.

I think this is a scare tactic paraded around by the industrial-military complex to keep the people down and keep funding up. Maybe a handful of these things will be made, they'll do a few showcase "raids" on this or that, and then they'll show up at "protests" as one of the comment posters mentioned - an opportunity to freak out the protesters and make sure they bemoan the things far and wide.

... and then soon they'll be a pile of rusting junk.

The military will be back to using their meat slaves to kill up close and personal shortly, and the robots will be a thing of the past.

[Spanktron9]

Dunh, dunh, ...dunh, dunh.

Hope you have dogs to detect the termina...er..."detectors".

EDIT-

I am well prepared. Here is my anti-terminator detection system.


She has since grown to 18 lbs. of furry fury!

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vox_mundi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '.')..detect non-cooperative human...

[Quagmire]

.
What effect would a taser have on one of those things?
Could they be captured and reprogrammed perhaps to gather and split firewood and to weed gardens?
If so, I want one.
quag
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[emersonbiggins]

...anxiously waiting for handheld EMP-generating device...

"Wait, I hear some helicopters outside..."

[Aaron]

[Jotapay]

I am definitely not having kids now.

[pedalling_faster]

under certain circumstamces. they would not be hard to hack.

though of course, the DoD will try to make them un-hack-able.

[fullerine]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vox_mundi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '.')..detect non-cooperative human...

[dsula]

how cool is that. Finally some engineering challenge. Doing some high tech development instead of just buying the latest chineese plastic crap that comes a long.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', 'u')nder certain circumstamces. they would not be hard to hack.

though of course, the DoD will try to make them un-hack-able.

[mos6507]

Cyborgs/androids are the ultimate military solution to guerilla warfare tactics, to be able to engage in house to house urban combat without risking any casualties.