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Slouching toward Judgment Day
« on: October 19, 2022, 11:42:44 AM »
Oakland P.D. looking to arm robots with shotguns:

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/17/police-robot-gun-oakland/

They don't look like Arnold Schwarzenegger ... yet.

Levity aside, the "robots" are probably remotely operated, not autonomous machines.  Baby steps.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands have deployed NATO's first killer "robots".  No word on whether Ukraine will get any:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgpax3/the-netherlands-has-deployed-natos-first-killer-robot-ground-vehicles


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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2022, 12:08:47 PM »
So for the next school shooting, the cops will sit around for an hour waiting for the remote gun system to arrive.  (then it won't fit through the door)
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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2022, 12:16:34 PM »
Do they make bump stocks for LAW rockets?
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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2022, 12:16:43 PM »


Gotta watch that movie again.
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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2022, 01:17:37 PM »
Related, explosive only.

WWII German "Goliath" tracked mine:






Spool of control wires on its left.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine

"The Crocodile Schneider Torpille Terrestre[2] (transl. 'Land Torpedo Crocodile Schneider') carried a 40 kg (88 lb) explosive charge and saw limited combat use in June 1916."

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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2022, 02:04:06 PM »
radio control tanks
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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2022, 02:04:36 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 19, 2022, 12:08:47 PM
So for the next school shooting, the cops will sit around for an hour waiting for the remote gun system to arrive.  (then it won't fit through the door)

Yeah, imagine these guys with shotguns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk

A cynic might think that the delayed police response was planned to make robot cops palatable. "These guys ain't gonna hesitate about going in."
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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2022, 02:30:01 AM »
Let's hope they're not running Vista.
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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2022, 08:33:23 AM »
Quote from: Perd Hapley on October 20, 2022, 02:30:01 AM
Let's hope they're not running Vista.

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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2022, 10:17:58 AM »
Quote from: RocketMan on October 20, 2022, 08:33:23 AM
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Re: Slouching toward Judgment Day
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2022, 10:46:42 AM »
Quote from: Doggy Daddy on October 20, 2022, 02:04:36 AM
Yeah, imagine these guys with shotguns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk

A cynic might think that the delayed police response was planned to make robot cops palatable. "These guys ain't gonna hesitate about going in."
That looks pretty cool.  Something tells me that was a pre-programmed course and not something set up on the fly.  Better than what we saw from robotics 30 years ago.
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