Robot with attitude: Armed with shotgun, WMD sensor

[0rion]

Monday, August 16, 2004

The U.S. Army has been testing a robot armed with a pump-action shotgun for counter-insurgency missions. The unit has already seen action in Iraq.

In combat, the PackBot can be equipped with a pump-action shotgun system capable of recycling and remote firing. A soldier controls the robot through a joystick and receives streaming video from a front-mounted camera transmitting to a personal digital assistant, or PDA.

Robot with attitude: Armed with shotgun, WMD sensor

[0rion]

1. The Jack Booted Thug of the future, coming to a SWAT team near you....

so, now the SWAT team can blame the robot for mistaken ID and shootings.

[Beetwasher]

2. Yikes! Whatever Happened to the 3 Laws?!?

Asimov is spinning...

[daleo]

3. So much for Asimov's Three Laws of Robots

"Do not harm humans" was the first one, I believe.

Not that this is a real robot, as it doesn't have any kind of artificial intelligence. The Pentagon seems to be outdoing itself with Dr. Strangelovian ideas and remote control killing lately.

[dweller]

4. Grovelbot....we hardly knew ya... n/t

[Massacure]

5. It's ironic how the Pentagon develops all these toys

Especially with the fact that more often than not they end up being turned around against them...

[0rion]

7. Yep. Good post

[jus_the_facts]

6. Terminators.....fiction becomes reality.....

:scared::wow::scared:

[shockingelk]

8. Here's the BUSHBOT

Someone else posted this here a while back:

[0rion]

11. LMAO! That is hilarious!

[thebigidea]

9. ... which I'm sure can be trashed by a 9 year old Iraqi w/ a slingshot

[bemildred]

10. How's it do at dodging RPGs? nt

[BeHereNow]

12. Brought to you by:

D.A.R.P.A.

Defense Against Resistance & Peace Activists.
Coming to a protest group near you soon...
BHN

[steely]

13. It comes with a built-in / optional oil well drill.

The up-armored version will be deployed shortly.

[FranMonet]

14. Sounds like the first ED 209

Don't worry Robocop will take care of this guy, I saw it in a movie

[DoNotRefill]

15. guys, this is OLD news...

a shotgun-armed robot was used at Ruby Ridge...and was found by the Senate to be unconstitutional. (Supposedly it was to bring a communications equipment to the house, but it was set to shoot anybody who touched the phone it was carrying.) I guess they had to ship them overseas.