They are going to kill us all! :)

[sandbender]

Someone should show them a donkey. Can only carry a quarter of the weight but the range is miles bigger and they cost way less to manufacture.

The US Army still have a school for teaching the use of pack animals, although I think it may be about to close? There are several US Army field Manuals dealing with the care and use of pack animals, here is one...

FM 31-27 Pack Animals in Support of Special Operations Forces

Nobody makes a huge amount of money when the army uses mules and donkeys, however robot donkeys, there is a sizeable amount of defence budget to be siphoned off there.

 

[Paddytray]

They could be modded with mini syringes Lets face it they've used a umbrella & they're better than an umbrella syringe gun right ? aaaahh !!! :aargh4:
I still want one they look awesome !

 

[mountainm]

They could be modded with mini syringes Lets face it they've used a umbrella & they're better than an umbrella syringe gun right ? aaaahh !!! :aargh4:
I still want one they look awesome !

OK I'll admit, I've read this 4 times and I still don't have a clue...

 

[Paddytray]

It was ment as a joke as the title is pointing to future weaponry. I was just pointing out that if a umbrella has been modified into a dart gun imagine what these little things could be modified to carry

Paddytray . ;

 

[mountainm]

It was ment as a joke as the title is pointing to future weaponry. I was just pointing out that if a umbrella has been modified into a dart gun imagine what these little things could be modified to carry

Paddytray . ;

Ah OK - I thought you were referring to the Donkey Bots

 

[rik_uk3]

Thats good but just think what they have in Area 51 et al:theyareon

 

[santaman2000]

Thats good but just think what they have in Area 51 et al:theyareon

A bionic donkey?

 

[Tengu]

Im not afraid of robots; Im too posthuman for all that.

 

[Goatboy]

"Bad news, men. The enemy have deployed their ultimate weapon"
"Not the quadricopter, sir!"
"No, it's worse than than that. They've sent out a donkey with a machine gun"
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!"

Don't laugh to loud Harvestman, Donkeys with machine guns are pretty bad-bottom!

 

[Bumbler]

I still think a Donkey is better than this... I'm reminded of the russian T34 tanks, v the german King tigers. The T34 was cheap, easy to make, easy to run and easy to repair. The tiger was vastly superior in terms of capabilities but lost out on economics.

Donkey V Robot.

I'll be Jeremy Clarke and ask: Yes but can the donkey be outfitted with a mini-gun?

 

[Bumbler]

The US Army still have a school for teaching the use of pack animals, although I think it may be about to close? There are several US Army field Manuals dealing with the care and use of pack animals, here is one...

FM 31-27 Pack Animals in Support of Special Operations Forces

Nobody makes a huge amount of money when the army uses mules and donkeys, however robot donkeys, there is a sizeable amount of defence budget to be siphoned off there.

The Norwegian Army closed down their pack horse stables around 1994. The horses, well trained and accustomed to loud noises, made their final appearance in the opening seremony of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer

 

[Bumbler]

There's also these being developed for the US military http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_ls3.html

These scare me

Easily dealt with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73CD3qHlr4c

 

[Goatboy]

I'll be Jeremy Clarke and ask: Yes but can the donkey be outfitted with a mini-gun?

Ah but what about machine gun mounted camels? http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/SF6834/camel-carrying-machine-gun

 

[Goatboy]

Tazer glove anyone
http://www.cracked.com/article_19605_the-5-most-terrifying-sci-fi-upgrades-to-deadly-weapons.html

 

[sandbender]

Robotic worms!

[video=youtube;EXkf62qGFII]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded& v=EXkf62qGFII[/video]

I quite like this one though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuC6q9kbryw

 

[sandbender]

I stand by this threads title...

Ultra-fast, the robotic arm can catch objects on the fly
[video=youtube;M413lLWvrbI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M413lLWvrbI[/video]

 

[TeeDee]

More gentle Tactile Arm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27373329



The ethics of use of 'killer robots' is an extremely interesting discussion point. Is it right to send so called 'Killer Robots' to war on your behalf? and which country will be the 1st to give them the autonomy to act without Human sanction. More likely to occur 1st in Aerial Drones acting at break neck speed I would have thought but the ethics still apply.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27343076

 

[John Fenna]

More gentle Tactile Arm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27373329



The ethics of use of 'killer robots' is an extremely interesting discussion point. Is it right to send so called 'Killer Robots' to war on your behalf? and which country will be the 1st to give them the autonomy to act without Human sanction. More likely to occur 1st in Aerial Drones acting at break neck speed I would have thought but the ethics still apply.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27343076

I always understood that "War" had the aim of removing your enemy's ability to go against your aims and ambitions by either
a/ - Killing them
or
b/- proving to them that you could kill them and giving them the chance to give in.

In view of this sending Robot Killers to do your killing for you seems logical as it allows you to achieve your aims without risk to your population.
So - the first nation to deploy Robot Killers will probably be ... the first to develop them!
The ethics bit just seems to be - shall we allow our people to die when we can do the killing with no risk to our people?
I think that most mothers would think that sending their sons to fight or letting a Robot take the risk is a question that does not need asking.
The real ethical question is more - "should we be fighting this war?"
From the days of sharpened sticks as the "cutting edge of technology" to the present , anyone fighting a war, by definition, wants to win and will develop weapons that make it more likely that the home team will win with minimal losses to their population (a bit of a vote winner really!) - ethics seem to take a back seat or are dressed up versions of - "let us ban this as the other side might use it on us too" (as in poison gas).
As long as only one side has "The Super Weapon" military logic says "use it!"

 

[atlatlman]

My grandmother was a young girl when her parents read about the Wright brothers' first flight to her from the newspaper. She sat on the couch with me as we watched live tv of the moon landing.

Did they really land on the moon? I stared up at the moon all that night and never saw any bugger land on it.

 

[xylaria]

I always understood that "War" had the aim of removing your enemy's ability to go against your aims and ambitions by either
a/ - Killing them
or
b/- proving to them that you could kill them and giving them the chance to give in.

In view of this sending Robot Killers to do your killing for you seems logical as it allows you to achieve your aims without risk to your population.
So - the first nation to deploy Robot Killers will probably be ... the first to develop them!
The ethics bit just seems to be - shall we allow our people to die when we can do the killing with no risk to our people?
I think that most mothers would think that sending their sons to fight or letting a Robot take the risk is a question that does not need asking.
The real ethical question is more - "should we be fighting this war?"
From the days of sharpened sticks as the "cutting edge of technology" to the present , anyone fighting a war, by definition, wants to win and will develop weapons that make it more likely that the home team will win with minimal losses to their population (a bit of a vote winner really!) - ethics seem to take a back seat or are dressed up versions of - "let us ban this as the other side might use it on us too" (as in poison gas).
As long as only one side has "The Super Weapon" military logic says "use it!"

Should we fight any war?

We try to make ethics for fighting wars, dont kill innocent civilians, dont be the aggressors. But the ethics dont work in practice. Sending robots and other military technology, to kill goat farmers armed with rusty kalshnikovs is no more ethical than machine guns against spears. It is just masscaring people normally in their own land. Very Very few wars are ever right. Rudyards Kiplings had the right idea about politians in the poem the dead statesmen.