Festo has created yet another spectacular biomimetic machine, called Smartbird. (To skip to the flight part of the first video, go to 2:04) https://www.youtube.com/user/FestoHQ
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Land- and ground-based robots communicate to track down targets
Posted by Eric on November 26th, 2011
“Two small planes fly low over a village, methodically scanning the streets below. Within minutes, they spot their target near the edge of town. With no way to navigate through the streets, they radio for help. Soon after, a metallic blue SUV begins moving cautiously but purposefully along the dirt roads leading to town, seeking [...]
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No Comments »Armed and Autonomous
Posted by Eric on September 30th, 2011
PopSci’s Clay Dillow recounts last month’s AUVSI unmanned robotics conference entitled “Armed and Autonomous.” “It all sounds a bit Skynet, but it’s moving forward at a rapid pace…” [more at PopSci]
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Tags: autonomous, DARPA, drone, predator, reaper, weapon No Comments »Robot Bill of Rights
Posted by Eric on September 30th, 2011
We create robots in our image, intentionally making them more and more like ourselves. Making them look more like us, act more like us, think more like us, be more like us. One day, they will be many times more intelligent than we are. If we are going to endow them with human traits, human appearance, [...]
Posted in AI, autonomous, biomimetic, ethics, featured, future, government, law Tags: bill of rights, civil rights, Frank Capri, futurist, robots rights No Comments »Robots Will Rule Men
Posted by Eric on August 30th, 2011
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Posted in AI, autonomous, defense, domestic, education, ethics, featured, future, research, roboticists Tags: Articlect, Cosmist, singularity, Terrans No Comments »2-Ton Autonomous Military Bot Deploying This Year (2011)
Posted by Eric on August 30th, 2011
Lockheed Martin has developed the SMSS robot pack mule, for supporting light infantry units. It can carry 1200 lbs, has a range of 125 miles, and can follow troops autonomously using LIDAR, IR and visual optics. If necessary, it can be driven manually. The SMSS is scheduled to be field tested in Afghanistan [...]
$70 Million ‘National Robotics Initiative’
Posted by Eric on June 28th, 2011
Skynet still has a bit more work ahead of it before the walking, shooting cyborgs from James Cameron’s Terminator movies become reality. “You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots,” said President Obama in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center [...]
C.R.A.B. Police robot
Posted by Eric on July 30th, 2010
C.R.A.B. (Cybernetic Remote Autonomous Barricade) police robots are just a concept for now. They will probably be more than a concept soon. And why shouldn’t they? What could go wrong? Something like this? [yankodesign] via [slashgear]
Posted in AI, autonomous, biomimetic, defense, ethics, government, military / law enforcement, video, weapon Tags: c.r.a.b., crab, ed209, police No Comments »Armed robots to keep us in line
Posted by Eric on July 27th, 2010
“Robotic sentries are presently patrolling Israel’s 70-kilometer Gaza border, and South Korea’s 250-kilometer DMZ. Russia has developed a remarkably lethal beast — the MRK-27-BT — touted as superior to the USA’s SWORDS in Iraq, and Australia shot into the market with its ferociously-named Redback Metal Storm.” Full article at [h+online]
Posted in AI, autonomous, DARPA, defense, ethics, future, military / law enforcement, weapon Tags: armed robots, dystopia No Comments »South Korea deploys their armed sentry robots (new video)
Posted by Eric on July 19th, 2010
South Korea’s armed sentry robots which we discussed here and here have actually been deployed along South Korea’s border with the North. So far they are stationary only (as far as we know.) Once they are built onto mobile platforms, perhaps then people will begin to consider the ethical questions posed by the use of autonomous killing machines. (Yes, the [...]
Posted in AI, autonomous, defense, ethics, military / law enforcement, video, weapon Tags: Korea, sentry No Comments »
