Military robots and the future of war

[Unbeliever]

 

[Unbeliever]

There are already 12.000 of these in action in Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan(border region). I'm surprised nobody cares.

 

[mistehbab]

Assalam-o-Alaikum-Warahmat-ULLAH ALL,

Just a few minutes ago, I was checking up RSS feed for BBC News, the one we get in browsers like Mozilla Firefox.

Here's one that caught my eye;

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BBC News: Robotic cheetah 'breaks speed record for legged robots'

6 March 2012 Last updated at 11:33 GMT
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Video: DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots

05-Mar-2012
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Source: Youtube Channel: DARPAtv
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A headless robot dubbed "Cheetah" has set a new world speed record, according to its owners.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said the four-legged machine achieved 18mph (29km/h) on a laboratory treadmill.

The agency said the previous land speed record by a legged robot was 13.1mph.

Darpa said that the project was part of efforts to develop robots designed to "more effectively assist war fighters across a greater range of missions".

Darpa - which is run by the Pentagon - funded the Massachusetts robotics company Boston Dynamics to build the machine.

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It builds on other models based on animals created by Boston Dynamics including its BigDog rough-terrain robot, designed to recycle energy from one step to the next, and its lizard-like Rise, which can climb walls, trees and fences by using micro-claws on its six feet and a tail for balance.

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More information is present on the links posted above.

What are;

(1) Muslims
(2) people of Pakistan
(3) people of other Muslim nation states

doing to deal with this threat ?

 

[anon45]

what threat? Its a robot that is tethered to a power supply. While its more advanced than any robotics in the muslim world, pakistan, or muslim nation states, it doesn't present any clear or present threat beyond the acceptable exercise of scientific prowess.

The most imminent use for robots is logistics support (Big dog)