Armitage Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Thought people might find this interesting. If we have this in a Dark Champions era, what can we look forward to when we reach Star Hero? http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050122/ap_on_hi_te/gunslinging_robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Robotic Warfare...Today I saw a couple of clips of this on the news a while back. My favorite was when they fitted a Barrett .50 Cal Sniper Rifle. I was sure the robot was going to do a blackflip from the recoil it moved so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTemp Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Robotic Warfare...Today Those aren't robots, but radio-guided drones. Unfortunately, radio signals can be blocked, and the personnel required to guide that drone via radio is just as numerous as if there would be all uman troops running around. Maybe that's useful for guerilla warfare, but certainly not for a war against a real army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Robotic Warfare...Today I don't know, it could be useful for some cases of urban warfare. I'd hate the idea of walking into a building, not knowing if there were armed opponents in there or not. With the drone, you send it in, and any possible ambushes are far less catastrophic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Robotic Warfare...Today Bingo. You just nailed why the military is interested in this. If you can kill the bad guys without putting your own life at risk, all the better. It makes the bad guys think twice about being bad. There is a line in the movie "The Big Red One" about how to find a sniper in an urban area. You send a guy out and wait for him to get shot. The rest of the platoon then figure out where the shot came from and remove the sniper. Hopefully, the "bait" survives the incident, but its not highly likely. While Doc is right about jamming capabilities, there is stuff in the military communications 'arsenal' that can overcome most jamming. Couple that with a few autonomic routines, (IF radio contact lost, GOTO abort and return routine) the unit can still be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Robotic Warfare...Today If the thing isn't going too far, a land-line could be used to control it. Even if it is going a fair distance, a frequency-hopping radio control would make it nigh unjammable, assuming the enemy doesn't have your hopset or the massive resources it would take to shut down the whole radio spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Robotic Warfare...Today Look, people, the Mentally Enhanced Cybernetic Hunter, Autonomous Non-organic, Oppositional Neutralizer is perfectly sa-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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