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Sep 17 2009, 03:51 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,002 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Canada Member No.: 8,494 |
QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Sep 17 2009, 12:50 AM)  I saw something about this on Daily Planet (Discovery Channel) a while back and it looked promising. |
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Sep 17 2009, 04:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 17-August 09 From: Northern California Member No.: 17,510 |
Dude... There have been things like this for a while... unmanned robotic things are pretty common now. Missile drones, flyers like this, bomb-disposal units, and so on...
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Sep 17 2009, 05:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 317 Joined: 7-June 09 From: Scotland Member No.: 17,249 |
QUOTE (Bugfoxmaster @ Sep 17 2009, 04:51 PM) Dude... There have been things like this for a while... unmanned robotic things are pretty common now. Missile drones, flyers like this, bomb-disposal units, and so on... Yup, the UK Police have quite a few as well, they dont look quite as awesome as the one linked but still. http://fightingcrimefromabove.com/uk-polic...illance-camera/ |
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Sep 17 2009, 09:32 PM
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I wonder if a similar design would work underwater.
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Sep 18 2009, 06:23 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
well the text talked about 3 sizes, with the biggest one being in the order of a small car (about 1,5 tons).
the middle one was the most interesting, as it was described as about 10kg, and could potentially be used as a weapons platform... and while yes, there have been similar ones in use for a while now, this thing have very few exposed parts. if the skirt/hood/whatever is made bullet/fragment resistant, it may well be hard to take down unless you can hit it square in the fan... |
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Sep 18 2009, 05:14 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,989 Joined: 28-July 09 From: Somewhere along the brazilian coast Member No.: 17,437 |
QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Sep 18 2009, 03:23 AM) well the text talked about 3 sizes, with the biggest one being in the order of a small car (about 1,5 tons). the middle one was the most interesting, as it was described as about 10kg, and could potentially be used as a weapons platform... and while yes, there have been similar ones in use for a while now, this thing have very few exposed parts. if the skirt/hood/whatever is made bullet/fragment resistant, it may well be hard to take down unless you can hit it square in the fan... Dudes, have you ever seen this? (look for dog bot) A friend of mine showed us this during a robotics seminary here in college. It is supposed to work as an all-terrain pack-mule to carry all the heavy ordnance. In my humble opinion, this will never work. Here is why: Imagine you are a 3rd world country guerrilla soldier ambushing an "evil american" platoon and you see this freakish thing walking behind them like an abomination from hell. Who do you shoot? A- the soldiers? B- that scary thing carrying a lot of stuff that no real pack-mule could ever dream of carrying? I would go with B. |
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Sep 19 2009, 06:20 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
park a rpg in the bot and change to AK while the soldier gets back up...
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