CaptainRAVE Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Anyone else getting creepy terminator vibes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith Anyone else getting creepy terminator vibes? from a glorified remote control car? no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermie Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Wow........... Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalukai Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 sWORD= SKYNET.... FEAR!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassev Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Say goodbye to the 18 robo-soldiers. They aren't going to perform well I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightNinja Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 thats what i call a waste of money o.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith Anyone else getting creepy terminator vibes? Yep. The age of the machines is opon us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Kekekeke TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 LOL. I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by TiE 23 Kekekeke TiE Best.Picture.EVAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 nah, it looks like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Originally posted by IG-64 They're remote controlled, no minds yet. That's what they said in the movies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 hehe soon we'll have robo cop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverhoodian Posted January 23, 2005 Share 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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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