Fun technology at work (updated!)

[Zyre Mercutio]

Hopefully the contestants will fare better this year then they apparently did last year

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/10/06/robo ... index.html


Zzzzzz

[warsloth]

can anyone say "terminator"

The project is based on a requirement of the pentagon to make a certain percentage of groung vehicles unmanned by the year 2015.

I think I pooped myself... because the armor suits (hinda like an HEV suit from halflife) should also be in use by then.

[Sai'nu]

Leaving soldiers more time to perform... Da Push-uuuuuup!

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One!

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Two!

And when I popped in; I thought ya were talking about interesting technology where you worked!

[X'an Shin]

Aw man, the moped guys didn't even qualify

Discovery or someone ran a documentary on the college kids who entered that contest (or a similar one) with a moped. It was amazing to watch their progress, but I don't think it could handle the really rough terrain.

[E-bo Obi]

I used to watch the Army research lab do that stuff. Crazy thing is they have a lot larger than HMMWV's as unmanned vehicles.

[warsloth]

what like maybe a hunter killer? Are they going to let them be controlled by a giant AI mainframe called skynet?