Military pushes for emergency robots as skeptics worry about lethal uses. Your thoughts?

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Sun, 17 May 2015 15:22:07 -0400

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ready-to-lend-a-hand-or-3-in-the-next-disaster/2015/05/16/2ea78a16-fa6c-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html?hpid=z1

Military push for emergency robots worries skeptics about lethal uses

Prompted by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a Pentagon effort to find robots for rescue missions fuels imaginations — and anxiety.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made May 17 at 2015 3:34 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 17 May 2015 15:34:59 -0400

Number 5 is alive!

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made May 17 at 2015 3:55 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Sun, 17 May 2015 15:55:34 -0400

Honestly, I don't like what we're doing with drones. I can see a lot of value in robots, but...

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made May 17 at 2015 4:48 PM

SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. — Sun, 17 May 2015 16:48:56 -0400

Anything that can be used as a weapon, will be used as a weapon.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made May 17 at 2015 5:56 PM

SFC Mark Merino — Sun, 17 May 2015 17:56:13 -0400

Keep our robots innocent.....lol

Response by SFC Mark Merino made May 17 at 2015 6:01 PM

SFC Mark Merino — Sun, 17 May 2015 18:01:43 -0400

I will never understand why they deleted this scene from Aliens. A robot remote machine gun platform that uses a motion detector. I think they stole your idea, James Cameron. I saw this being further developed on an episode of Weaponology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDy-5IQvuU

"Aliens" Sentry Guns Scenes

Both sentry guns scenes in this video. I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE COPYRIGHTS! THE VIDEO AND THE AUDIO IN THIS CLIP IS PROPERTY OF FOX!