Wednesday, May 6, 2015

So, now we know why they don't want us to have armor piercing projectiles and .50 BMG rifles.

DARPA Building Real Life Terminators Military Robots Documentary & Discovery HD

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sensationalist title and creepy music added to a whole lot of Boston Dynamics PR videos. None of those robots are news, most are years old.

So far, they are coming close to a robot that might be useful as a pack-bot in rough terrain, but stealthy they are not.

Some wag recently suggested that a robot that would mow your lawn and deter burglars would be a good product -- but I must point out that a cranky goat is probably lower maintenance and cheaper. Still, a Boston Dyamics SPOT robot with a weed whacker mounted on it could be a decent robo-goat.

BTW -- Boston Dynamics has been owned by Google for a couple of years now, at least.

For more about DARPA's robot initiatives, see: http://www.theroboticschallenge.org/