"The Marines Are Building Robotic War Balls" Topic
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Tango01  | 14 Feb 2015 11:23 a.m. PST |
"Establishing a beachhead on enemy-held turf is historically one of the most dangerous jobs in warfare, just ask Achilles. But the robotic age may make it slightly less so. A research team from Stamford, Conn. has developed an amphibious drone that they are currently testing with the Marines. The GuardBot is a robot ball that swims over water at about 4 miles per hour and then rolls along the beach, at as much as a 30-degree incline and 20 miles per hour.
It uses a nine-axis stabilization, "pendulum motion" propulsion system, which moves the bot forward by shifting the center of gravity back and forth and a variety of steering algorithms…"
Full article here
link Amicalement
Armand |
| cloudcaptain | 14 Feb 2015 1:26 p.m. PST |
Isn't that how the movie Screamers basically started?
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| Lion in the Stars | 14 Feb 2015 1:28 p.m. PST |
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| Bunkermeister | 14 Feb 2015 2:12 p.m. PST |
link No, it's a tumbleweed tank. A much older idea. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
 David Manley | 14 Feb 2015 2:28 p.m. PST |
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| jfleisher | 14 Feb 2015 2:33 p.m. PST |
What? No one has mentioned the robot guards from The Prisoner yet? |
| Zargon | 14 Feb 2015 2:42 p.m. PST |
Yes you 'do' need balls to fight I'm told. |
| Fatman | 14 Feb 2015 2:54 p.m. PST |
David Manley Hah now that was a reeeeeally bad show. Fatman |
| Random Die Roll | 14 Feb 2015 4:26 p.m. PST |
Too much of the film Phantasm? |
| Aapsych20 | 14 Feb 2015 9:13 p.m. PST |
Kind of been done before: link And I like "Battle Balls" better. |
| Coelacanth1938 | 14 Feb 2015 10:23 p.m. PST |
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looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
