http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/ Engadget Comments for Metal Storm demos FireStorm firearm-equipped iRobot bot 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/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/-Taylor]]>May 29th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
Metal Storms are DANGEROUS. Even firing non lethal projectiles, these things can put eyes out or send people into shock - and I doubt there is an EMT model available to assist the multiple injured.
This isn't crowd control - this is a one unit firing squad. Crowd control might be if it had a "Pain Beam" attached to it but not a projectile launcher.

Someone needs to stop the governments from using these because it may seem like fun and games now, but imagine what it would be like if you have Chinese citizens protesting the PRC government, or Myanmar citizens protesting the junta's refusal to allow foreign aid, or tibetans protesting the PRC government, or Americans calling for impeachment.

Some of us have forgotten that a government is supposed to work for the people, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.]]>May 29th 2008 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
And governments like China will opress their people with or without help from new technology. No point in preventing a lot of other responsible governments (responsible in comparison to China) from using it.

Also, I don't know where you get the impression where these things are controlled by some gamer 1000 miles away trying to pwn noobs with his cool robot toy. These are short-range, locally controled robots being controlled by soldiers/law enforcement that take things very seriously. Sure you'll have the occasional nutjob or someone getting careless, but that's unavoidable and will happen with any weapon system.]]>May 29th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
Spoken like a fellow porac (or similar) reader.]]>May 29th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
Huh?

There is:
Porac, Pampanga.
Porac, Slovakia.

Capitalize your acronyms next time:
PORAC = Peace Officers Research Association of California
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*goes back to bomb shelter*]]>May 29th 2008 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/Im making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS...


We do what we must because we can...

And the science gets done,
And you make a neat gun,
For the people who are STILL ALIVE
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this thing is sweet, I want one.

Oppressive govt's already have human firing squads of large numbers (and they squash uprising pretty well...take a look at Tibet [yea, i went there]), so I don't see why a robot would be any different, the way i see it is that the "good" guys can send one of these in instead of people so I think this little bugger is a good thing...and badass.

Robot+guns =PROFIT

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sorry too early]]>May 29th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
Mazel Tov = Expression of good luck in Hebrew

Molotov = home made bomb

I don't think you'll have much luck throwing Mazel tov cocktails at them! ;)]]>May 29th 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
But yeah you're right opressive regimes exploit their populations, but that dystopia already exists, these aren't going to create it, not just because they are scary and dangerous.

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FireStorm today, nukes tomorrow, SkyNet becomes self-aware the day after.]]>May 29th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
Read up, the company has always been a military contractor, only when they introduced the Roomba (2001?) did they become civilian as well.]]>May 29th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/
What could possibly go wrong?]]>May 29th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/Jun 15th 2008 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/Might want to research your own response:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/armed-robots-not-pulled-from-iraq-after-all/]]>May 29th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/]]>May 29th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/May 29th 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/metal-storm-demos-firestorm-firearm-equipped-irobot-bot/Oct 2nd 2009 4:57PM