Friday, May 22, 2009

Army Terminators Walk Like Men

From The Danger Room:

Round four of mankind’s epic battle against the walking, talking, killer machines starts tonight with the opening of Terminator Salvation. But humanoid robots aren’t confined to the movies. Turns out the U.S. military is backing research into robots that act like people, as well.

Today, the American armed forces’ main ground robots, the Foster-Miller Talon and iRobot’s Packbot, look like boxes with caterpillar tracks. It’s a nice, stable design. And it works well — which is why the military has sent thousands of ‘em over to Afghanistan and Iraq.

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My Comment: I have always been a fan of the Terminator franchise. I will be seeing it tonight .... and will report on it tomorrow.

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