New military robot

Interesting. You sure it's a robot? Could be remotely controlled.

Best kind of war would be one that is totally RC, if you ask me. They could just confine it to preagreed zones, and have a bunch of mindless machines blowing each other apart, with little danger to human lives.
 
"The operator will direct the Gladiator TUGV from a hand-held unit that controls the various platform/payloads and data reception from the sensors. This will provide the Gladiator with tele-operational capability for remote command and control of the vehicle as well as data display, storage and dissemination."
 
Jammydodger said:
Yep its a robot no humans inside.
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That doesn't mean it's a robot. Like I said, it could be remotely controlled.

EDIT: Ah, thank you Mr Reak. It is remotely controlled.
 
Just because its remotely controled doesnt mean its not a robot.
From the Dictionary-

"A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control."


Jammydodger
 
That definition is inaccurate. It's a movie definition. The modern consensus is that robots must be autonomous.

The more common sort of robot (read: the sort that does stuff that is important right now) rarely resembles a human. Perhaps a part of a human, but rarely, if ever, a whole human.

And, come to think of it, that definition says nothing about robots not having to be autonomous. "On command" could be along the lines of "Go pick up the bar and weld it to the chassis" (or it's digital equivalent), in which case the robot still performs the task autonomously.
 
It would be awesome to have robots that could weld stuff that wasn't preprogrammed (like in car factories).
 
Who cares whether its a robot or not...We know what it actually is

Anyway, it lookes like the drones out of C&C Generals: Zero Hour
 
Farrowlesparrow said:
Who cares whether its a robot or not...We know what it actually is

Anyway, it lookes like the drones out of C&C Generals: Zero Hour
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lol it does look like the drone
 
Forget the Robot discussion...it's totally irrelevant... just call it the Gladiator.
I have to wonder how effective it'll be... It just looks like it'd be slow and kinda sluggish to control...

It's only a matter of time now until Skynet takes over....
 
Soooooo... mini-remote-controlled tank... ooookay... :|
 
Brian Damage said:
That definition is inaccurate. It's a movie definition. The modern consensus is that robots must be autonomous.

The more common sort of robot (read: the sort that does stuff that is important right now) rarely resembles a human. Perhaps a part of a human, but rarely, if ever, a whole human.

And, come to think of it, that definition says nothing about robots not having to be autonomous. "On command" could be along the lines of "Go pick up the bar and weld it to the chassis" (or it's digital equivalent), in which case the robot still performs the task autonomously.
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I always wondered about that.
 
It's like one of those bomb-defusal bots. They remote control it and it moves about .002 mph. Sigh.

Where are the Deus Ex style walking bots? Those were awesome partly due to general awesomeness and half from their genuine semi-viability with current tech.
 
Why are you unhappy Ficitious? This thing is the closest equivalent to those sorts of robots that currently exists. It means that the military is building fighting autonomous vehicles, which implies that they will be upgrading them and creating variations if they are sucessful. Legged guys may just be the end result of this little tank
Heck, put some AI in that thing, and you've already got a bona-fide robot soldier.

Being pro-robot I'm happy about this entire development, and I've got a new wallpaper too. :)
 
There's a bunch of dudes making a real mech somewhere, I know that.

There's a website for it. Sorry, forgot the address. Try googling "real mechs".
 
a robot is pretty much any machine that operates via remote control or program. generally, people only call things robots that resemble humans (with some sort of arm or gripper) so i guess that's part of the definition too.

so yeah...it's a fkn robot...but like ppl said...totally irrelevant...i just can't help but throw my 2 cents in :\

here's a site that has a "picture" of a military mech in testing...
http://www.nationalexposer.com/dec012000-1.htm

lol...i could take a screenshot of a mechwarrior game and photoshop it to get the picture they have
 
To qualify as a genuine robot, a machine must have some abilty to act and react on it's own.

But I suppose that is beside the point.

Gotta love those folks at the National Exposer.

"Exposer"... that doesn't quite sound right...
 
Brian Damage said:
To qualify as a genuine robot, a machine must have some abilty to act and react on it's own.
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just to clarify and not to argue:
you're saying that you don't think assembly line machines that perform programmed tasks are robots? you're saying a true robot has to have sensors on it and adapt to its surroundings?

if that's the case, i disagree...i've taken several robotics/automation classes and none of the robots we dealt with had any ability to adapt to changes in their environment whatsoever (except shut down in an emergency). yet all of them were called robots...

Brian Damage said:
Gotta love those folks at the National Exposer.

"Exposer"... that doesn't quite sound right
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lol yes...sounds like a naked guy under a trenchcoat
 
Okay, perhaps I should have said "And/Or" instead of just "And". Some assembly line machines merely act on their own (Such as the ones that move through a series of prescripted movements to a series of objects where the current object will always be in the same location.), although some do react (Pick and place robots, for example... some of them have to spot parts or other objects against a background.). Both sorts are true robots.

Lol @ the exposer.
 
It won't be long before these robots start revolting...just like the slugbots....
 
Yes, they are. Pity that there aren't more of them. I wouldn't mind a little help around the house...
 
Maskirovka said:
here's a site that has a "picture" of a military mech in testing...
http://www.nationalexposer.com/dec012000-1.htm

lol...i could take a screenshot of a mechwarrior game and photoshop it to get the picture they have
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lol that looks so damn fake I cant take that pic seriously....all I know is I want my own f*cking gundam to run around in while everyone yells out "its a gundammmm" in that exaggerated japanese anime kinda way :D
 
Mechs would be good in a warzone, IMHO. People say that they'd be sitting ducks, due to being so large, but I think their speed, agility and all terrain capabilities would more than make up for it.
 
It looks a bit wasteful tbh, if you put an integral gun on that you could probably get away with a minigun instead of just a GPMG. I wonder how fast the turret turns, it would be good to have it linked up to a head tracking set :).

My dads company worked on converting some APCs to remote control for Recon. Couldnt fire anything tho, but it looked cool.

Mechs wouldnt be all terrain, they would need HUGE feet to support their weight on sand, tracks offer a lot more surface area. Also the most important dimension in warfare is height, been taller is a lot worse than being longer. Mechs really would be setting ducks. You can acheive pretty much the same rotational manouverability with a turret. It would look cool, but from a tactical sense mechs dont really work :)

btw that entire site is satirical :) (the 1 with the mech).
 
But imagine how fast a mech could move.

And the thing about a humanoid mech is that when standing still, it could probably crouch.

And I'm not sure that huge feet would be such a problem...

And I'm not sure that that site is satirical, exactly... a load of guff, perhaps, but not satirical.
 
It's not the most practical shape for a fighting vehicle...
The attachment, by the way, was a web page which has now been covered up (hence no link and only this word doc...) detailing the slugbot threat..***n for the hills! The slugbots cometh! Want it again?
 
i think tanks will be the main form of heavy armor as long as warfare is fought somewhat close to the way it is fought today. though, powered armor that is roughly human size would be amazing. giving even more manuverability (some form of jump jets/limited flight), durability, stamina, and firepower to infantry would make them better than tanks in many many situations.

if infantry evolved in this way, tanks would be basically useless. a soldier in some sort of highly manuverable powered armor could easily destroy a tank. so imo, larger mechs could be a battlefield solution to dealing with manuverable infantry by having manuverable weapons (ala mech arms and human-like aiming speed)
 
Giant stompy robots are arguably more fun than tanks...
 
The US army is currently researching powered armour. They think that they'll have a working prototype by 2005.
 
oh nos! Ph3ar th3 slugbotz! Great! I love the "relevant stories". "Slugbots take scottish coast"
 
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