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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050921/tc_afp/skoreamilitaryrobot_050921143444

South Korea is now in the process of developing robots for combat.

 

[rebelEnigma]

South Korea? Are they just asking to be attacked?

 

[lucid42day]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050921/tc_afp/skoreamilitaryrobot_050921143444

South Korea is now in the process of developing robots for combat.

First one they build will catch a flight to the US to search for Sarah Connor.

 

[philosopherthales]

South Korea? Are they just asking to be attacked?

???

Who would attack them? I think you are confusing them with North Korea. The only people I can think of who would attack South Korea would be the North Koreans, but I can't imagine this being a trigger in that situation. On the other hand, if you mixed them up, I can see where you could come up with what you said. When people hear about weapons development in that country, they have said things like "they are asking to be attacked".

On another note, I wonder if the mine sweeping version is specifically made to counter the DMZ defenses if the South Koreans wanted to.

 

[Skyman87]

That is so cool. You'd think Japan would've made them first. Those guys love robotics.

 

[MadeInOz]

hmmm... good for them.

 

[philosopherthales]

Ask and you shall recieve

The turtle-like, 90-centimeter- (three-foot-) long Banryu is one of the robots already on sale. But it's not cheap at 1.98 million yen (US$16,600). [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] [/font]

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http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/japan_robots_030402.htm

military applications are a direct extension of this security robot.

A remote-controlled robot known as Souryu, or blue dragon, is 1.2 m long, and was designed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Hirose. The snake-like Souryu crawls using six tracks, two on each side of its three-part body. It is equipped with a camera and microphone to search for victims, and can bend at the joints or roll over on its side to manoeuvre through rubble.

Another robot, the COMET III, is a spider-like robot designed by Professor Kenzo Nonami of Chiba University as part of a state-funded project to develop de-mining technologies for use in Afghanistan.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s859346.htm

There you have a spybot for bombed out warzones and a robot for de-mining.

"My belief is that people shouldn't have to do dangerous tasks,"

Yeah, they already have military robots way before this Korean stuff. The U.S. also has tracked-robots with weapons mounted on currently deployed in Iraq.

 

[neverforsaken]

i think they would make good pointmen and maybe even good suicide troops. drive them into an enemy foxhole and detonate.

 

[Voegelin]

In 1953 Philip K. Dick wrote of Claws: Autonomous guard robots that attack living tissue. He also envisionaged killer robots which pretended to be wounded friendly soldiers (the females were the most effective).

 

[NormalDan]

a joint project worth 32.4 million dollars to develop the robot system by 2011.

That's a lot of money. Once they get a good working system, it's going to cost quite a bit per unit. They aren't going to be very expendable. Humans on the other hand are a dime a dozen, and they can generally do a better job. Plus, they are expendable. In my humble opinion, they should spend the money to build super intelligent robots with limited mobility that can act as generals and strategists. That will also leave more room in the front line for human soldiers.



Just my two cents

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

SkyNet rises...

Ok, so its a Japanese pic, but you know...