"The U.S. Military Is Patrolling Djibouti With Robot ..." Topic

….Golf Carts

"At the best of times, military patrol duty is equally boring and important. Physically being in a place reminds others that the military is there, armed and ready to take action. It's a good way to watch a lot of space for signs of hostile activity, but it also commits a lot of people to the work of patrolling, and puts them at risk. What if, in many situations, a robot could do the actual driving around and watching part of patrolling, and armed troops could travel quickly into the danger when it arose?

Meet MDARS, or the Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System.

It's a remotely controlled, unmanned vehicle that resembles nothing so much as a rugged golf cart. And it's the result of at least 30 years of work. The concept was approved in 1985, and the first prototype drove onto the Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds in 2000. It was originally designed to patrol storage sites and warehouses, places that are the trifecta of big, dull, and dangerous in the wrong hands…"
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I would add a uniformed manikin…(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Wouldn't robot Tonka toys, or R/C vehicles be cheaper, more stealthy, and practical?

Hmmmmmm………….

As I said … we need to make a whole bunch of T2s … And again, more and more we will see many more robotic type devices on the battlefield.

Which means the jihadis can't call them infidels … because robots don't have a religion …

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand