CaptainRAVE Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 According to yahoo.... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=1&u=/ap/20050122/... The US Army is preparing 18 Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems (SWORDs) units to go to Iraq sometime in March and April. The units are robotic vehicles which act as sharpshooters. They are remotely controlled. The vehicles come equipped with cameras which allow humans to select targets to fire upon. The vehicles will not fire until a human selects the target and presses a button. The robots are three feet high and carry standard issue M249 or M240 weapons. So far Talon robots have been used by the US military to defuse roadside bombs. The company behind the project is converting Talons into SWORDs. They can run sometime between 1-4 hours on their lithium ion batteries. I immediately see two problems: 1. Jamming... Unless the controlling soldier is pretty conservative about firing this thing, it's going to get gunked up and jam pretty quickly. With no one to clear the jam, the weapon is useless. 2. This might work going down a road or something like that, but not in the middle of a city. Someone could just run out behind it, disable it, and get themselves a free SAW or 240G with a bunch of ammo. I'm sure they've forseen these and found solutions already... With the batterylife of only 1-4 hours. I dont see how they could even leave them unattended very long....maybe their kind of like turrets we see in alot of computer games, just turrets for sniping.
El Sitherino Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Anyone else getting creepy terminator vibes?
Leper Messiah Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith Anyone else getting creepy terminator vibes? from a glorified remote control car? no.
El Sitherino Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by Leper Messiah from a glorified remote control car? no. Hey, they're one step toward taking us over.
Hermie Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems (SWORDs) How long do you think it took them to come up with the name?
Astrotoy7 Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 so the best way for muslim militia to lay an ambush is to get them near to a hole in a ground with a huge a$$ magnet at the bottom !!! another one of those "american defence money that could have been better spent" story.... jackasses mtfbwya
IG-64 Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/39115.htm "Droid" is a Lucasfilm Ltd. trademark. Anyways, cool Originally posted by InsaneSith Hey, they're one step toward taking us over. They're remote controlled, no minds yet.
Alegis Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by Nalukai sWORD= SKYNET.... FEAR!!!!!!!!! Yes fear skynet and their large bandwidth fees... Ah I need another internet provider... Yes yes, terminator. I know, seen em all 2. This might work going down a road or something like that, but not in the middle of a city. Someone could just run out behind it, disable it, and get themselves a free SAW or 240G with a bunch of ammo. Exactly, they're support units for a team and can't be used solo. While this may seem a lot like terminator etc, as long as robots can't think/act on their own on a high level then it's nowhere near there. Wise to let such a robot clear rooms, save lives of your own army and add more to mission success.
lassev Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by IG-64 They're remote controlled, no minds yet. Yeah. AIs aren't terribly developed yet. But it's nice they have a body waiting once they become developed enough. A body that has been designed to kill humans efficiently.
Nerd_Annhilator Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Say goodbye to the 18 robo-soldiers. They aren't going to perform well I don't think.
Rogue15 Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 knew about it. well, i would think they wouldn't send just 1 out there alone, a group of 3 would be very effective... more damage would be done to the enemy before they could attempt a capture. *imagines enemy terrorist laso'ing one of them* they most-likely have a self-destruct mode on them. as for weapon jamming, yeah, but as accurate as they are, it's probably worth the risk. the other risk of course, would be the batteries running out.
jon_hill987 Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith Anyone else getting creepy terminator vibes? Yep. The age of the machines is opon us.
Kain Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by TiE 23 Kekekeke TiE Best.Picture.EVAR.
CaptainRAVE Posted January 23, 2005 Author Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by TiE 23 Kekekeke TiE Wouldnt surprise me if they were sending something like this!! ...and in the end they'll decide the human pressing the button is too much effort and activate skynet to take care of it for us
swphreak Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Judging by the name "Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems." I would assume they would act as some sort of Long range turrent type unit. We'll see if the creators planned ahead for harsh weather
El Sitherino Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by IG-64 They're remote controlled, no minds yet. That's what they said in the movies!
Mike Windu Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Yeah... now all we have to do is wait for that one soldier bent on world domination to swing the robot around during a mission and go rambo on humans.
Neverhoodian Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by TiE 23 Kekekeke TiE Hee hee... [Red vs. Blue]"That's right. Fear the Claw, b*tch!"[/Red vs. Blue]
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