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Robot dog armed with sniper rifle unveiled at US Army trade show

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...witter-do-more-harm-than-good-poll/ar-AAPL6vE
A robot dog armed with a sniper rifle was unveiled this week in Washington, D.C. at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army. The robot, developed by Ghost Robotics, carries a SWORD Defense Systems Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR). "Latest lethality 6.5 #creedmoor sniper payload from @SWORDINT. Check out the latest partner payloads @AUSAorg Wash DC. Keeping US and allied #sof #warfighter equipped with the latest innovations," Ghost Robotics tweeted Monday, alongside a photo of the "dog."

Here you can see an early model in use. Second or thrid stage for 2024 ...

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

People, right?

 

[triplestation]

 

[DarkestHour]

Man, that is a bit frightening but it's going to be the future.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

Gonna miss the days when it was just people and animals killing people.

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

 

[jufonuk]

 

[Diddy X]

How do you take out one of those?

 

[lifa-cobex]

 

[poppabk]

You missed this one in your OP. It can fire projectiles but has the much more cost efficient cattle style bolt gun.
(From the War of the Worlds TV series)

 

[Blade2.0]

Universal healthcare, pls?!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

How do you take out one of those?

 

[Berserking Guts]

Megatron, is that you?!

 

[Keihart]

Yeah, ofcourse we can't have nice things, but everyone knew that already before building the first robot dog and drone.

 

[dr_octagon]

May as well go full sci fi with the names

E Ville Industries has partnered with Kill More, Flatten Villages and French company Collate-rale Damoge. This has now added DIE (Democracy Invasion Equipment) including MURDER (More Unmanned Reconnaissance Defence Electronic Robots). Upholding our freedom and safety through more weapons.

 

[Keihart]

May as well go full sci fi with the names

E Ville Industries has partnered with Kill More, Flatten Villages and French company Collate-rale Damoge. This has now added DIE (Democracy Invasion Equipment) including MURDER (More Unmanned Reconnaissance Defence Electronic Robots). Upholding our freedom and safety through more weapons.

deterrance

 

[Artoris]

How do you take out one of those?

 

[Daniel Jackson]

Equally impressive as it is scary

 

[6502]

Where can I buy EMP grenades ?

 

[Liljagare]

Logical evolution of weapons really.

 

[Great Hair]

How do you take out one of those?

or

 

[Xenon]

Is its performance measured in bytes?

 

[zeorhymer]

I guess the cadets failed at aiming.

Edit: They couldn't take into account the Coreolis effect.

 

[Pejo]

deterrance

Jesus this takes me back.

 

[BigBooper]

Now give it solar panels and a sword and set it free.

 

[ipukespiders]

Does it eat it's own shit?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Looks perfectly suited to snipe someone assuming it's on flat ground and there's nothing over 3 ft blocking it

 

[Insane Metal]

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

How do you take out one of those?

Judging by the post above yours, banana peels.

 

[Excess]

Your move, Pooh Bear.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I, for one, welcome our robotic canine overlord.

 

[darkangel-212559]

PEW PEW PEW

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Is its performance measured in bytes?

 

[carlosrox]

Shoulda played this at the unveiling.

 

[newtypepilot]

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Is its performance measured in bytes?

Oh come on now...its byte is worse than its bark.

 

[Kenpachii]

future

 

[Atrus]

It’s too limited in its design.

They should build a larger one with an attached rail gun, enough interior space for a swimsuit model/marksman to manually operate the gun, and a radio that broadcasts disturbing sobbing noises across the battlefield.

 

[Romulus]

It’s too limited in its design.

They should build a larger one with an attached rail gun, enough interior space for a swimsuit model/marksman to manually operate the gun, and a radio that broadcasts disturbing sobbing noises across the battlefield.

This sounds exactly like a gamer taking a crack at being an engineer for the first time.

 

[AJUMP23]

If I was a soldier I would want about 50 of these on patrol with me.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

This sounds exactly like a gamer taking a crack at being an engineer for the first time.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he wasnt trying to be an engineer.

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

"Robot dog" is an entirely too marketable name for a gun turret on legs.

Like, honestly, I fully expect that the only reason its front legs aren't reversed for better stability and traversal on cross-terrain is that "spiderbot" is not as marketing-friendly.

 

[Winter John]

I look forward to seeing a squad of them draped in Old Glory at the next civil rights protest.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I think you're all missing the point here, what kind of dog shit bag will we need to clean up after it?

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

I think you're all missing the point here, what kind of dog shit bag will we need to clean up after it?

The big opaque plastic ones, 2 meters long with a zipper down the middle.

 

[K' Dash]

What?

You thought Boston Dynamics were making toys?

 

[keraj37]

These robo dogs cannot be deployed in banana republics....

 

[Fuz]

This is scary as fuck.

The future looks like a distopic shithole, even more so.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Yeah but can it piss bear?

 

[QuantumZebra]

Working in tech, I try to emphasize the dangers of it to everyone I meet (when the discussion arises).

AI is by far the most dangerous threat to humanity, currently. Global warming, asteroids, Yellowstone - we can't fully account for the when/if... AI is on the horizon and could wreak havoc in very short order.

What?

You thought Boston Dynamics were making toys?

Kojima is predicting the future at a Star Trek/Simpsons rate.