alaska Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Since I'm very interested in the field of Robotics and Prosthetics I found this article extremely interesting. I'm far more interested in the technology side of robotics than the military applications, but I know that there's no use in asking people to focus on that here. Take a look at this article and post your thoughts. Quoted from the article---> "Already, however, several hundred robots are digging up roadside bombs in Iraq, scouring caves in Afghanistan and serving as armed sentries at weapons depots. By April, an armed version of the bomb-disposal robot will be in Baghdad, capable of firing 1,000 rounds a minute. Though controlled by a soldier with a laptop, the robot will be the first thinking machine of its kind to take up a front-line infantry position, ready to kill enemies. "The real world is not Hollywood," said Rodney A. Brooks, director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT and a co-founder of the iRobot Corporation. "Right now we have the first few robots that are actually useful to the military." <---End Quote. http://news.com.com/Robot+soldiers+roll+closer+to+the+battlefield/2100-7337_3-5578671.html Throughout this thread please respect others rights to their differing opinions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 A scary thought - but also very cool! It would be nice if only the robots did the fighting, though... It'd be a bit like playing race-car cards: "mine has a gizillion mega-trons, a deathray - and also 5 cylinders!" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaska Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 lol Oma! Take it one step further - War could be reduced to a video game matchup. Think of the budget savings if we could just strap Nite into a Halo simulator and let him run wild! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psheldrake1 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 There here now. There the army, navy airforce,marines. They'll die for oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaska Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 I know this will probably unleash a torrent of criticism, but personally, I would rather fight for oil than religious ideals. How many wars have been fought under that guise? (This is not to imply that I want to fight for oil, it's just establishing the order of importance.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 It's entirely possible that some scientist in the future will invent the Terminator, and someone like me will have to blow it to hell. ......It's just the way things go, I guess. :stare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 If I have to be serious about the subject then I think that any robot warrior would probably have to be guided by a human - there's no substitute for the ... well, not so pretty part of the human psyche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaska Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 I think you're very right Oma. I would not want to delegate the authority and ability to take the life of another human life to a machine. (Although how is that really differant from minefields, etc.) But I do think that it would be better to have a mechanical proxy be injured than the usual consequenses of war. However, that will never quite become reality. If two groups fight a war using robots and mechanical proxies, the results are simply. He who has the biggest budget wins! (For the most part, I know that tactics play a role.) In reality though, how is that so differant from the way it is now, and has pretty much always been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psheldrake1 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 A problem with the whole thing is. Having robot warriors will not reduce the amount of wars. Just the opposite. Wars will be bloodier. Missles won't be targeting the robots. They'l be targeting the bases where the operaters of them are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaska Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 And how is that differant from the way things work today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggie Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Here is a link about some new robots that are the first to have human like walking ability. Walking robots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relentless Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I wouldnt want "SKYNET" to take over the robots ;) But if does I'll have to go allongside ya guys and destroy all the bots. Hopefully they arnt or wont be as scarry as the Terminator in Terminator III. :cyclops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEvil Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I think it'll end up like Short Circuit, the robot killing machine gets some ESD and then becomes a loony pacifist. NO DISASSEMBLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremeskiing Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 No machine is as durable or as effective as the origenal...man. Even has a quinternary coding system as opposed to that outdated binary system used by robots. The future of war will always be controlled by man (especially after weve all seen terminator and matrix) perhaps the only difference is what we see today, remote controls and body armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 All this talk here makes me remember what happened in the movie I, Robot. It seems like a good idea in theory, but there's a lot of other factors to consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I kindda wonder what shape the robot warriors would take...they don't have to resemble man.... what if they become spider sized...with a needle to inject a poison with....I don't think I'd feel safe with spider sized object then...not that I am know...but...you know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psheldrake1 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Sounds like oma just saw runaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Sounds like oma just saw runaway. ??? I suppose you're referring to a movie - is it good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaska Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 It has it's moments. Tom Selic 80's Movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 It has it's moments. Tom Selic 80's Movie. Oh...that one... Well, the tiny bots I was thinking of would be more of a 50/50 mechanichs and nanobots....making 'em more flexible. Actually, by using those it wouldn't be difficult controlling an entire population through terror (the word does have more than one meaning, thank you very much) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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