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These Talon robots can be configured with M240 or M249 machine guns.

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yay :d

ive been waiting to see this happen :p, this should save many lives.

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December 1, 2004 3:45 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

How will this save lives?: How will remotely controlled robots with machine guns save lives?!?!?!

Try looking through a straw.
Now imagine you have to shoot at somebody this way.
Do you know what collateral damage is?

This is insane.
Posted by (1 comment ): December 1, 2004 9:05 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

Shooting Robots: It seems that in order to insure that our troops are safe they will need to have embedded micro chips implanted in them, that would be usless when exposed to the air or different blood type, to stop enemies from taking the chips (dna sampling would be even better).
This would insure our troops saftey while not allowing others form stealing the chips.
A nice failsafe would be to have the robot explode upon destruction.
Posted by (1 comment ): December 2, 2004 3:10 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

The Right Technology!: These ShootBots would be ideal for deployment in the NYC Subway system! Gernard Goetz was ahead of his time and these robots could make subways safer!
Posted by (2 comments ): December 3, 2004 8:54 AM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

The Right Technology!

These ShootBots would be ideal for deployment in the NYC Subway system! Bernard Goetz was ahead of his time and these robots could make subways safer!

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December 3, 2004 8:54 AM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

Grow up, wake up: When robot A-666-007-1 accidentally shoots 33 innocent children holding water pistols that mummy gave them for Christmas after the Murdock/Black media taught her it was good to give 'em to them -- Who'll be the bunny that takes the rap for the murders in the 'HUMAN' court of law?

Maybe those future 'thinking for themselves' mechanical mockups will have 'eir own automated Judge Dredd to sentence them to a rusty waste land afar ?? .. or maybe not!

Grow up, wake up to the preventable future, infowars.com
Posted by (1 comment ): December 4, 2004 11:36 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

Robots with guns: Quick! Send 150,000 to Iraq. Control them from the Pentagon. What a videogame!!
Posted by (1 comment ): December 8, 2004 7:46 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

Anybody think this is a bad idea?

Doesn't anybody remember Short Circuit from the 80's? Johnny Five is alive!

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December 9, 2004 12:47 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

You do realize "movies" like Short Circuit and Terminator are fiction??: Shooting robots are a great idea.

Put them in Iraq and blast away at the "Sand *******"

The "Turbinators" will never know what hit them!

Seriously though when perfected, these machines would keep our military safer. Why put our fighters in harm's way when you can send in a robot instead? Never underestimate American High-Tech weaponry..we'll get it done!
Posted by (1 comment ): December 23, 2004 8:51 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

shooting robots....good idea but.....: should put way more tenology into them . we have robot toys that do more.
Posted by (1 comment ): January 10, 2005 11:43 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

this is how terminator starts: ... this is how the terminator movies start to become reality.
Posted by Kraln (1 comment ): January 30, 2005 1:54 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

Isn't this how Judgement Day happened in Terminator?: oh, wait, they were controlled by SkyNet. Nevermind.
Posted by jamie.p.walsh (288 comments ): February 16, 2005 9:43 AM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

Let's make a machine that can kill & is not afraid to die.: Hmmmmm, sounds just like suicide bombers. I don't know about you, but I fear this in the hands of our enemies more than nukes.
Posted by jamie.p.walsh (288 comments ): February 16, 2005 9:49 AM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

US always has $ to kill people

US always has $ to kill people, but never enough to educate
them. $200million wastesd on "High Tech" star wars defense
system over the last 5 yrs. The last 3 tests were failures-
meaning--inbound nuclear missiles 3 vs. US High Tech 0. The
problem they say is "ground control" i.e. human error. Education
is at fault, the US continually fails to see the importance of
creating smart people. Instead, they just want to kill them.

US High Tech is not foolproof, never underestimate US over-
confidence.

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February 16, 2005 10:38 AM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

YOU ARE RIGHT 100%!!!: This is the truth because I live in a place where the schools are crap and have to be supported by the parents.

Is this what america is all about?
Posted by (3 comments ): September 20, 2005 12:32 PM (PDT) Like Link Flag

Repeating What We Already Know: This is just like all of those teminator and nuclear war A.I. movies. Sure, we can use these robots to fight wars for us but what makes you think that other people wont get there hands on technology like this. If they sell robots like on "robot wars" then I dont see a reason why terrorists or other radaclists can improve on what the U.S. is supporting: Nuclear winter, Robot WWIII, The Terminator. Instead of making America more intent on trying out their new "toys" we should be improving education and helping those that are poor. Every time I hear that schools or other community projects cant be supported because of lack of funds I know thats a load of bulls***! We have enough money to make run Africa yet we just want to make "wepons of mass destruction".
It looks to me that the govenment cares more about war that it does the people.
Posted by (3 comments ): September 20, 2005 12:27 PM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

You never know the truth until you've been there.: These robots are the best damn thing that we can ever have. I've been to the desert and walked on a few IED's with no robot. Nothing like having the feeling of dieing when you can have a robot do it for you. I've had 2 buddies of mine die because there was no robot. Until you understand to true meaning of robots and what they are for I suggest you start hitting the books and further expand your education.
Posted by NvyEOD (2 comments ): November 29, 2006 2:12 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

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