http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/ Engadget Comments for Remotely controlled armed robots deployed in Iraq http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/How exactly is a gun life-saving? It's designed to do the opposite!]]>Aug 3rd 2007 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e26Gnc3E0yg]]>Aug 3rd 2007 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
What a worthy use for taxpayers moneys and ... lives.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
And I know all you anti-war types mailed in those comments on 100% hemp paper, made with ink you ground out yourselves from beetle shells and then walked it over to the engadget offices.

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And besides, if all we wanted was oil, we would have left saddam in power, since he was selling the oil below market rates.

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I'm afraid you did miss that part, unmetered amounst of oil have been taken since 2003 and $20billion of Iraqs future oil revenue will be taken to pay for reconstructing the damage caused by the invasion.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
I vote PS3, if they bring the rumble function back.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
Anyone know how much one of these cost?]]>Aug 3rd 2007 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
thats getting a bit tired now isn't it?

practically, can it communicate? can it issue phrases like "put your guns down" or stop fighting etc, can it hear and relay it to the controller? Soldiers aren't just for shooting but for diffusing situations, can it call in locations for airstrikes etc? this for pure combat may be fine though.

although i think a well thrown grenade could quite easily finish it...]]>Aug 3rd 2007 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
Now, I have no idea about IEDs... i imagine if an IED can blow up and armored humvee, it might hurt these things, don't really know though.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/wisely, but it was hardly stolen. And it was hardly 20 billion, it
was a little less than 9 billion according to audit reports.
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There's no justification whatsoever for the invasion of Iraq. None whatsoever, that is, unless you count "ego" and "government contract boondoggles for friends" on the part of the president and the hawks in his administration.

The US has no business telling other countries what to do when our own country is so screwed up.

And please, Eugene, don't use the "we got rid of Saddam" argument...that just shows your ignorance as well as the absolute futility of current American foreign policy. It wasn't that long before we were claiming Saddam was the devil incarnate that we were claiming he was our best friend. Was Saddam a bad guy? Sure. Should he have been in power? No. But it is not up to us to push him out of power or prop him up in power. That's up to the citizens of Iraq. Living under tyrrany is a choice. Remember? If you don't, you might want to take a longer, deeper look at American history in the late 1700s.
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]]>Aug 3rd 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/2. To the tree-huggin, earth-muffin, no-vinyl-using, no-driving, no-plastic-using, non-reality-using folks... we use oil. Where would you like us to get it from till you finish cold fusion?
3. Don't talk about "costing lives" until you talk to a Soldier. You might actually learn something about the world and not your cubicle...
4. Put up: State Department needs people in Iraq right now.
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1. It stops firing.
2. You're part of the problem, not part of the solution. Get out of the way.
3. I'm not American, but I hate the fact that American soldiers are losing their lives for some penny-loafer-wearing oil-baron's idiocy. If you don't know about the world outside of YOUR cubicle, most of it despises the fact that your country is in Iraq, including your allies.
4. The State department needs smarter people making the decisions right now so that it can stop the Iraqi occupation without sending their country into civil war when they leave.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
But here's something to consider, If you suicede bomb a bunch of robots, YOU ARE NOT A MARTYR!
So if you are a teenager, and considering military service....get good at squad based comabat games.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
If you think the military is like a video game, fine. Join the army. Go to war. The only thing is: you don't get bio breaks and your mom doesn't tell you when it's time to go to bed in the real world. No, instead you get to see the absolute worst side of humanity, you get to bleed and feel pain, see good people die in front of you and have years of nightmares afterwards, sometimes so much that you end up a psychological wreck, can't keep a family together, and end up an alcoholic on the street. Sounds like fun, eh?

But hey, don't let me stop you from falling hook, line and sinker for that 'America's Army' propaganda.

My advice, if you're a teenager and considering military service? Find out how to use your position to stop war, rather than prolong it.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Now READ the book "On Killing" by Lt.Col. Dave Grossman, before you make another ignorant comment. I don't mean ask someone what its about, I mean you read it.
By the way, those psychological effects your speaking of, that's what the book is about, and why I don't have any problems. I think when you understand more, you'll phrase your comment differently.
By the way when I was in, I saw the best side of humanity. I saw selfless sacrafice, heroism, sympathy, humility, honesty, brotherhood, and acceptance. All the lefties washed out long before they made it to Ft. Bragg, thank God. The military is not a video game, and it's not for everyone.
Many people when presented with something they can not handle choose to believe other realities, such as conspiracy theories and delve into psychological illness. And good people can be damaged by these lunatics. Anyway, open your mind, and read the book.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
Anyways,how this works?. this robots must contain some confidential parts, so if a "enemy" troops bring down they can loot it. And AFAIK, those robots each cost more that a ps3 and they are not invulnerable (neither a tank is invulnerable).

]]>Aug 3rd 2007 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Weapons of mass destruction? ha! and then to get rid of the "dictator"? Most of you Americans are brain washed.
How much would it coast to to fix the sewer system in New Orleans? LESS THAN THE COAST OF ONE DAY OF WAR IN IRAQ !!!! But that's too expensive.
do you want to debate this with me? I'll floor you with my arguments. Add me at
majd . al [at] gmail . com]]>Aug 3rd 2007 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/

Go back to your hole Saddam loyalist.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 3rd 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/I forgive you for saying that - you don't even know me!- but I'll tell you one thing. I said I'm a Iraqi, how? My mom is an Iraqi Kurd!
She knows that the Kurds are much worse now than before the invasion.

Plus, I don't like Saddam, in fact, I hate him. But if you had to choose from 2 shitty situations, Saddam (taking away our freeedom of speach) or the Americans (stealing our money) we would choose Saddam :)

Go do some reading from somewhere other than your CNN :) they're bullshit :D]]>Aug 3rd 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://english.aljazeera.net/English]]>Aug 3rd 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 5th 2007 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/
really though, this is good, in the right hands, but presently I kind of think that the illusion of Iraqi autonomy should be replaced with a bit of actual self determination.Perhaps that would be something to pour energy and resources into. Or, we could just continue handing out no bid contracts to .....
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P.S. Kind of like Red Planet]]>Aug 3rd 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 5th 2007 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/remotely-controlled-armed-robots-deployed-in-iraq/Aug 5th 2007 2:49PM