Israel's Guardium warbots probably not as lame as their promo video

We've seen a couple armed defense bots make the scene now -- the US military even has a couple deployed in Iraq -- but the promo video for the $600,000 Guardium bots recently commissioned by Israel isn't exactly a fearsome demonstration of next-gen force. Not only do the rendered old-school CRT displays offer warnings like INTRUDER NONCOMPLIANT, all the bot seems to be able to do is sneeze out of a cloud of white smoke. Terrifying. Maybe these things play better at defense contractor conventions, but something tells us that an actual angry dog might be a little more effective. Check the whole video below.

[Via Danger Room]

[flashpoint Posted Apr 29th 2008 11:59PM]

...and I bet they got the money for this from American taxpayers.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2008 1:25AM]

Don't bet that it just makes some smoke.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2008 5:47AM]

I think it would be naive to think that Israel would publicly expose its real top-notch sophisticated equipment. As for a fact, i know they are working on cutting-edge Nano-Technology robots that can do aplenty while jammed into a pocketable size.

@icingdeath88 - you can spread defamations and lies as long as you want, by the name of the snaky toxic "Axis Of Evil" propaganda, reality and facts show different, they show one country that tolerates missiles been launched toward its citizens, while other countries would have erased those Palestinian terrorists without blinking. You see Palestinian terrorists shooting and housing explosives within civilian houses (they learned from Hezbollah), and you see manipulative propaganda of terrorists who shoot on fuel gateways to provoke a fake oil or light deficiency, while real pictures prove otherwise. Bottom line, you can live the fib but only the truth prevails!!!

[LogMonkey Posted Apr 30th 2008 10:56AM]

Pretty cool, plus they can't be kidnapped and taken to Syria.
Really really bad ad though.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2008 2:05PM]

Only known for unjustly slaughtering innocent people and destabalising the Middle East.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2008 2:29PM]

wtf hahahaha

Anybody else notice the Terminator and then James Bond like music?