Bring on the robot sentry...

[dirtyape]

Founf this on Slashdot.org - Samsung have produced a Robot Sentry gun. They cost $200k us apparently, so they're not cheap. Still... the beginning of automatic optical defence turrets is on it's way.

The NZ Navy are looking at getting a optical automatic defence turret for their Frigates, to protect against suicide jet boat bombers.

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/samsung_develops_machine_gun_sentry_robot_costs_20 0k.php

make sure you watch the video

[Snake_Daddy]

scary. U can imagine a van driving up in a crowded area and the driver jumps out open's the side door then strolls off. 30sec's later u have hundreds dead.

[GhostOfGallipoli]

airdrop them behind enemy lines

[Snake_Daddy]

yer i sorter ment when some terroists get hold of them

[ArtanisNZ]

Anyone else noticed the copyright infringment... BF2 intro music

[radicalpsycho]

The NZ Navy are looking at getting a optical automatic defence turret for their Frigates, to protect against suicide jet boat bombers.


Hm.. we could use a few hundred of those in the SL Navy ships..
There are heaps of those f*cker in SL seas.. They keep ramming Navy ships..

BTW.. I did do somthing like this for my final year project.. Me and my partner used a PTZ network camera to track ppl in a room.. hm.. may be i should put a gun on the camera and a warning about accuracy on it and sell it for 10G +D

http://www.ele.auckland.ac.nz/~p4p_2005/projects/detailsByCode/?code=80

[Retardobot]

lol, not surprising. Samsung being a korean brand. and korea loving weaponry and stuff

[dirtyape]

i expect this is just the start of automated defence systems using optical tracking. Imagine having ten stabalised weapon systems like that mounted on a unmanned APC driving into a hostile area carving up a storm... or even just two mounted on a APC as close quarter defence against personel? awesome

[ArtanisNZ]

i expect this is just the start of automated defence systems using optical tracking. Imagine having ten stabalised weapon systems like that mounted on a unmanned APC driving into a hostile area carving up a storm... or even just two mounted on a APC as close quarter defence against personel? awesome
Metal Storm are working on a system along those lines but deploying 40mm grenade projectiles pwnage on a massive scale... almost scary. there system is to humvee mounted and all the driver has to do is turn it on and keep his foot on the gas and it will automatically engage and take down targets in the direction of the incoming fire. good thing it has non lethal ammo options ability to recognize muzzle flash and group sizings to limit body count.. e.g. gunman hiding in a group of kids it will chose non lethal round (CS Gas) to disable.

[lizalias]

Slowly bringing bf2142 to life.

lol on teamkills

[ArtanisNZ]

Slowly bringing bf2142 to life.

lol on teamkills
FoF (Friend or Foe) tags solve that problem... tis something US have been working on for some time now not far from rolling it out i gather.

[Sonic-NZ]

iRobot have some pretty neat robots - including swarm robots. The idea is that they can divide up and explore the terrain faster, and if one finds something of interest it calls the robots from the back of the swarm to come and help out. If it calls it's nearest neighbour then the swarm tends to divide up. I also got shown a neat robot that just looks like a pair of tracks but does a fantastic job of climbing stairs. None of the robots I've seen have been armed though...

[Vaelo]

FoF (Friend or Foe) tags solve that problem... tis something US have been working on for some time now not far from rolling it out i gather.

Mirco chipping everyone would help with that..

I wonder if a person dressed as a tree could sneak past one of them... :knife:

[Arnifix]

There's already a japanese version of this out. Looks like a darlek, worth about 20k and can be armed with off the shelf weapons. But it's blue and white, so loses coolness points.

[GhostOfGallipoli]

R2D2 IS COOL YOU BASTARD

[TofuEater]

FoF (Friend or Foe) tags solve that problem... tis something US have been working on for some time now not far from rolling it out i gather.
They've had IFF for quite some time, but it doesn't seem to have helped - personally i prefer the British Mk1 eyeball to all the Yank's gimicry.

[ArtanisNZ]

They've had IFF for quite some time, but it doesn't seem to have helped - personally i prefer the British Mk1 eyeball to all the Yank's gimicry.
On tanks and other vehicles yes but no on individual troops.

[BigBoss]

Anyone else noticed the copyright infringment... BF2 intro music

Im sure theres pirates of the caribbean music in there too.

Man i wonder if its programmed to like calculate speed and lead ppl

Anyone used to play perfect dark, the light sentry guns in that were awesome