http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/ Engadget Comments for South Korea to develop robot soldiers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/That is what makes them more sophisticated than the US version. The "legged" version has off road capability.



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I think the legged version running is hilarious. THese can be truly effective if the intent is to kill the enemy with laughter.

Reminds me of the two person horse/cow costumes.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/
The use of robotic weapons is unethical and presents a threat to civilians in war zones.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/
It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and 18 years to make a human soldier. If a human gets injured there is an expectation to heal him.

Robots, like other manufactured goods, get less expensive the more are produced... not to mention damaged parts are interchangable.

Other advantages are instant communication between bots, near instant upgrades in software/A.I., and the ability of using robots in an area affected by nuclear/biological contamination.

#9.

Treaties banning certain weapons are meaningless... just look at the U.S. They still use landmines, nuclear weapons, napalm... Just because a bunch of peaceniks get leaders to sign a piece of paper doesn't mean a nation is going to give up an advantage.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/21/south-korea-to-develop-robot-soldiers/Good read.
Man just imagine the buggy software these things would run. Think what would happen if they just decided to reboot in the heat of battle. Or if they started targeting friendly’s. Autonomous robot killing machines is not the way to go. What we need is human wearable power suits and remote controlled war bots. Mechwarrior here we come xD]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM