fossilesque@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoArmy Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle Eastwww.military.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todayrobotics_and_ai@mander.xyznews@lemmy.world
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minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 month agoThey strapped an m4 on some servos on a robot dog with a rangefinder camera on top. I would have expectedly a gun designed for the dog like some tank turret. This is less impressive than expected.
minus-squareMantikora [none/use any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoWell, I guess it’s a prototype. Also guessing they’ll soon start murdering people like this. Beautiful world we live in.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBut Boston dynamics promised it was going to have a little barrel of whiskey around its neck and it would go find avalanche survivors!
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoCheaper than a ground up design. But I think you can start the clock until someone uses a grinder and cuts the gun right off.
They strapped an m4 on some servos on a robot dog with a rangefinder camera on top.
I would have expectedly a gun designed for the dog like some tank turret. This is less impressive than expected.
Well, I guess it’s a prototype. Also guessing they’ll soon start murdering people like this. Beautiful world we live in.
But Boston dynamics promised it was going to have a little barrel of whiskey around its neck and it would go find avalanche survivors!
Cheaper than a ground up design. But I think you can start the clock until someone uses a grinder and cuts the gun right off.