Who Goes There? Samsung Unveils Robot Sentry That Can Kill From Two Miles Away -- Daily Mail
* SGR-1 has heat and motion detectors to identify potential targets more than 2 miles away
* Being used in the Demilitarised Zone
South Korean forces have installed a team of robots along the border with North Korea.
The machine-gun wielding robots, built by a subsidiary of Samsung, have heat and motion detectors to identify potential targets more than 2 miles away.
The SGR-1 has a 5.5mm machine gun and a 40mm grenade launcher - although needs a human operator to give it the go ahead to fire.
The system was first trialled in 2006.
'Human soldiers can easily fall asleep or allow for the depreciation of their concentration over time,' Samsung Techwin spokesman Huh Kwang-hak said at the time.
'But these robots have automatic surveillance, which doesn't leave room for anything resembling human laziness.
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Update: Samsung SGR-A1 Robot Sentry Is One Cold Machine -- Ubergizmo
My Comment: Soon coming to a base/FOB near you.
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