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RedScud t1_isvio5h wrote

Reply to comment by squirtloaf in The killer ground drone revolution is here. The Netherlands has deployed four armed ground robots or unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), making it the first NATO country to do so. The robots are Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry Systems (THeMIS) UGVs built by the Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics. by mossadnik

Robots will probably never be a threat in that sense... They have extremely delicate components and electronics, and no practical way to make them bulletproof (armor thick enough would be extremely heavy) so military rifles would shred the Boston dynamics one and the metal head even more

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huzernayme t1_isvy11w wrote

Why would you think that? They have 'delicate' components because it doesn't make sense and is not safe to do research on something like an autonomous tank with deadly weapons. They also are focusing on actually getting a baseline robot working before a robotic war machine. You dont start with the robotic war machine first. You can take what you learn on small scales and apply it to larger robots that can carry armor, or just retrofit a tank to be autonomous.

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RedScud t1_iswo4ik wrote

Hold on, who said anything about autonomous tanks? This thread started with the idea that the Boston dynamic type robot would just charge you down easily. And then the metal head dog. I'm saying those formats are not viable, not for now anyway.

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huzernayme t1_isx47xd wrote

Ok, I see now. The discussion is limited to robots that walk on 4 legs and tracks are not allowed. In that case, you could just scale up the 4 legged thing to allow enough power to carry armor. There are some companies with mech like robots large and powerful enough to carry the wieght. Electronics have been everywhere from underwater to outerspace so I don't think fragility is the issue, we know how to protect them.

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RedScud t1_isx5mel wrote

I was quite specifically answering the whole. "Boston dynamics" robot running you over like you can't shoot full metal jackets into it and completely obliterate their electronic insides from a distance. The 4 legged thing from black mirror is even smaller in size so even less armor. That's all, not saying autonomous fighting vehicles as a whole are impossible, just not Terminator now

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