Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The Future Of Robots In War Is Now

The first steps towards a cyborg future previously only imagined in films such as RoboCop (pictured) are being made in labs around the world

Real-Life Robot Wars! Meet The Invincible Cyborg Soldiers That Can Fly, Run And Even Drive - And Are Ready To Fight Our Battles NOW -- Daily Mail

* The droid future imagined in new film RoboCop is already taking shape
* 'Throwbots' are small drones that can be propelled into skirmishes
* Google's Schaft - which won the recent Robo-Olympics - can climb ladders
* Alpha Dog can walk for 20 miles without a break and carry up to 400lbs

They range from small drones such as 'Throwbots' that can be deployed in skirmishes to giant, hulking droids that can carry supplies onto the battlefield.

Around the world, the first steps towards a cyborg future, once the preserve of all-action science fiction films such as RoboCop, released on February 12, are being made.

Some 'bots, drones among them, are already a reality which means the day when our streets are patrolled by real-life RoboCops could come sooner than you might think.

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My Comment: I can only imagine what the "robot landscape" will look like 20, 30 or 50 years from now.

1 comment:

Intelligence.Architecture.Infrastructure said...


Over 90%-95% of Robots will be used for Reconnaissance and Surveillance. Very few, however armed will be actually used for Shootings and Bombings.

The key innovation will revolve around how the robots operate in 'Clusters.' I would like to stake my 'Intellectual Property Claim' that the 'Borg Complex' will the most complicated cognitive problem we will face with 'Cluster Robots.'

Borg Complex: It would be extremely difficult to get several robots to operate in unison. Once in unison it will be extremely difficult to shut the robots down. Fail-Safe Mechanism and Redundancy Logistics will kill operational changes from any single or subset of the clustered robots. A Borg Catch-22. Adding a second-order derivative such as a satellite to the integration and autonomy of the robots will increase the complexity by exponential factors to the 'Borg Complex.'