Armed robots roam Iraq

Paul Raven @ 03-08-2007

Battlefield robots have been around for a few years now, but only now are fully-armed autonomous machines patrolling danger zones in the Middle East. They apparently have yet to actually open fire on anything (or anyone), but that’s a mere technicality. So, repeat after me: “I, for one, welcome our new …” [SlashDot]

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2 Responses to “Armed robots roam Iraq”

  1. Bill says:

    They’re not autonomous. I’ve been burned on that one before.

  2. Paul Raven says:

    Cheers, Bill … the trouble with third-hand news is that it’s already been stripped of hard facts for sensation value by the time you read it. If I had more hours in each day, I’d do better research …

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