Teddy bear robots to enter battlefield
June 7th, 2007 by stevebVecna Technologies has developed a robot teddy bear to rescue troops from the front lines. Okay, I added the “teddy” part - they call it a BEAR (Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot). Beyond walking, it can kneel down and roll using the tread running from its knees, similar to a tank. I’m not sure why they don’t just strap some guns on it and make it fight instead…
(via BBC)
June 7th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
I think GWB would probably have tagged this on his own blog as “Why the terrorists won’t win”…wouldn’t ya think?
June 8th, 2007 at 4:15 am
Domestic Market: transportation for drunk people
June 9th, 2007 at 1:27 am
The ironic part: these robots are probably more expensive for the military than human personnel. There will most likely be a team of humans to carry this robot off the battlefield when it is damaged - rather than the other way around. It is more cost-effective that way.