A glimpse into the future of warfare

Or you can buy a mule for significantly less. It'll carry more and will refuel itself from whatever is growing where you are.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
Or you can buy a mule for significantly less. It'll carry more and will refuel itself from whatever is growing where you are.
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Sure. I would think they have more creative ideas than to use these things just to carry shit around. I was thinking more along the lines of land based drones, to get a better, closer look. The only down side to that is that these things appear to be far more hi-tech than any other drone currently in use, AND these things could potentially be easier to capture. That would make it easy for the tech to get stolen by the enemies, and that could hold them back from using them at all.

Btw, that tiny little 4 wheel robot with crazy jumping abilities was actually quite impressive. It would also be a great RC toy I would think.

Oh, and I was also thinking the humanoid robots would be great for nuclear power plants, especially ones that have been partially melted down.

Overall, the tech is quite impressive. Wonder how it will spill over to civilian use.
 
Glaucus said:
. Wonder how it will spill over to civilian use.
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with about the same good effects that robots had on the manufacturing industry, which was great if you were a bot or in charge of owning them, not so groovy if they took yer job.... :confused:
 
we should mount guns on these bad boys with retina and dna identification and turn them loose in the schools... oh wait, somewhere, someone, is prolly already working on it...
 
somebody oughta make a movie about what happens when that technology gets used on people by corrupt governments and run amok corporate greed... :lol:
 
Glaucus said:
The only down side to that is that these things appear to be far more hi-tech than any other drone currently in use, AND these things could potentially be easier to capture. That would make it easy for the tech to get stolen by the enemies, and that could hold them back from using them at all.
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I don't think any enemy would be dumb enough to steal the tech. I f you capture one of these all you really want to know is how to make them fail. If they fall over when they are near microwave ovens ... that sort of thing. No enemy would bother copying them, I shouldn't think. The amount of manufacturing effort and complexity would be better spent on making sure everyone who lives in your country has a good rifle and knows how to use it. Drones and robo-killers are just America's way of saying we aren't willing to die for this crap any more. It's always different if someone is actually attacking your home, but having to go overseas all the time to find someone to kill, it's a drag.
Oh, and I was also thinking the humanoid robots would be great for nuclear power plants, especially ones that have been partially melted down.
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That's a real niche market - and also quite a different engineering problem. Radiation makes electronics go stupid.
 
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