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Title: Real T-001, countdown to Judegment Day has begun! Post by: JohnL on January 22, 2005, 09:00:39 PM Ok, maybe not, but one company has taken a bomb defusing robot and fitted it with weapons for use as a remote controlled soldier.
Army Prepares 'Robo-Soldier' for Iraq (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050122/D87PEGRO0.html) This might be good for sneaking up on an enemy that hasn't seen it yet, but it doesn't seem like it would be all that effective once spotted. At a top speed of 4MPH it's unlikely it could evade a rocket and it seems like it would be fairly easy to circle around behind it and either snap off the antenna or tip it over. They need to build a bigger version with a faster engine, armor plating to make it into a mini-tank and enough room to carry a couple of chainguns and several thousand rounds of ammo, plus a rocket launcher. Title: Re: Real T-001, countdown to Judegment Day has begun! Post by: Dianetics on January 22, 2005, 11:40:54 PM Yay for Isaac Asimov
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