US Robotic Soldiers

[cavalierlwt]

I know it's old news by now, but there's a good little videoclip on the BBC page showing the robot in action. That thing really gets around, up stairs etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4199935.stm

[munky73770]

yea the EOD bomb bot....saw these fuckers on a daily basis in Iraq. pretty cool 'toys'.

[cavalierlwt]

Now they're strapping grenade launchers and guns onto it!
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/talon.htm

[Bromsin]

Wouldnt a robot like that get shot up fairly easily?

At 200k a pop that can get expensive.

[cavalierlwt]

I'm sure much of it's structure can take a bullet hit, but yeah,the articles says they get blown up quite a bit. It's still cheaper and better than a US soldier getting hurt.