Eisengeiste: Sure, That'll Work

January 22, 2005

Introducing our new robot soldier for Iraq. To be followed by the V-1 and V-2...?

JAB said...: Nothing says my "Praise Allah, my country is finally free" like american killer robots roaming the streets.; January 22, 2005 at 11:56 PM
The Sum of All Monkeys said...: The upside of killer robots: Fewer soldiers killed

The downsides: Eventually folks will develop anti-killer robot technology ranging from sophisticated jammers to unsophisticated anti-robot holes in the ground.; January 23, 2005 at 10:27 AM
JAB said...: It might save lives tactically, and let's hope it does. I can imagine particular situations where it might prove useful, such as quietly prepositioning a gun to cover a retreat corridor.

SoM's impressive counter-hole strategy suggests other problems. Because of what is likely to be fragile technology, even a well armed robot seems susceptible - to holes, bricks, pointed sticks, cinderblocks, a waterballoon filled with paint for the camera, any robot from Robot Wars, a $572 dollar Ford Festiva, boards with nails in them, not to mention an RPG-BB, by which I mean a role-playing gamer with a baseball bat.; January 23, 2005 at 5:32 PM
VMM said...: Didn't these guys learn anything from the Terminator movies?; January 24, 2005 at 3:05 AM