Army Prepares 'Robo-Soldier' for Iraq
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The rain is turning to snow on a blustery January morning, and all the men gathered in a parking lot here surely would prefer to be inside. But the weather couldn't matter less to the robotic sharpshooter they are here to watch as it splashes through puddles, the barrel of its machine gun pointing the way like Pinocchio's nose.
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Blog: It's a stun gun on a robot. The military wants them, and probably so do a lot of 13-year old boys.
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Tomorrow's fighting technology - available online today Comment Anyone who likes gadgets should give some thought to joining the infantry. Okay, the pay is peanuts, the work is grim, you'll have to live in a baking fortified camp in Southwest Asia, where you might easily get blown up, shot, or have to strip naked and fight your buddies with rollmats. But you will get some neat toys. Already the soldiery have thermal imagers, night sights, headset radios, and a military wireless network called Bowman.â¦
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Will someone explain to me what in the world is going on in Iraq? Our troops are now digging around in trash heaps looking for chunks of metal they can use to improvise armor to protect their vehicles against small-arms attacks.
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Most U.S. Army generals wear pistols on the battlefield. Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, a decorated paratrooper who next month takes over as the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, packs an M4 rifle.
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Canberra - Australia will send 50 army logistics specialists to Iraq to help train the new Iraqi defence force, Australian Defence Minister Robert Hill said on Monday.
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Military officials said Thursday they were working hard to upgrade the armor on Army vehicles in Iraq, a day after a soldier had pressed
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Breadline for Flipper "Team Warrior", a killer robot manufacturing alliance led by General Atomics of San Diego, CA, announced yesterday that its Warrior Extended Range/Multi Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (ERMP UAS) would enter production for the US Army, another step in the US forces' ongoing effort to automate most military activities.â¦
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BAGHDAD, Iraq American forces across Iraq are being repositioned to prepare for an assault on insurgents and for elections early next year.
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An Australian security expert suggests Americans should focus on training national forces and meeting such basic needs of citizens as food and jobs in Iraq.
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IRobot readies a prototype remote-controlled robot designed to help in military or police efforts.
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After being used to explore Mars, make cars and clear bombs in Iraq, robots are moving into the home, ready to single-mindedly vacuum carpets, mow lawns and act like humanoids as industry targets the consumer market.
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In the next 18 months, the US is likely to deploy a potentially breakthrough robot-vision system in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A type of carbon fibre could be woven into super-strong body armour for the army and police.
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Remote-controlled flying rats were only the beginning. Armies are drafting everything from bugs to sharks to chickens into
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Recruit the soldier. Retain the family. That's been common wisdom at the Pentagon for ages.
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Australian Army Captain Piero Bertocchi takes Iraqi soldiers on a training run in northern Iraq. Captain Bertocchi is one of 38 Australians who are training recruits in the new Iraqi army.